File:Andries Beeckman - The Castle of Batavia.jpg

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Castle Batavia, the administrative center of the Dutch East India Company's Asian trade empire, which stretched from the Cape of Good Hope to Japan.

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Andries Beeckman: The Castle of Batavia  wikidata:Q17319667 reasonator:Q17319667
Artist
Andries Beeckman  (fl. circa 1651–1663)  wikidata:Q3016049
 
Alternative names
Andreas Beeckman, Andreas Beecqman, Andries Beecqman
Description Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 31 August 1628 Edit this at Wikidata 9 August 1664 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Hasselt Edit this at Wikidata Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Deventer (1651), Category:Batavia, today Jakarta (1657), Amsterdam (1658-1663)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q3016049
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Castle of Batavia Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The Castle of Batavia Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The Castle of Batavia Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lit,"Il castello di Batavia"
label QS:Lde,"Das Kastell von Batavia"
label QS:Lid,"Het Kasteel van Batavia"
label QS:Lfr,"Le Château de Batavia"
label QS:Lnl,"Het kasteel van Batavia"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre landscape painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
The castle of Batavia, seen from Kali Besar West. On the foreground a sort of market underneath palm trees.
Date circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 108 cm (42.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 151.5 cm (59.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+108U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+151.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Current location
Rijksmuseum Room 2.9
Accession number
SK-A-19 (Rijksmuseum) Edit this at Wikidata
Object history 1859: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, from the Oostindisch Huis, Amsterdam
Exhibition history
Inscriptions

Signature bottom right:

ABeeckman Fecit
Notes This version used to hang above the mantelpiece in the Great hall of the Oost-Indisch Huis, Amsterdam. Here the directors of the V.O.C. held their meetings. We know that the Amsterdam Chamber of the V.O.C. made arrangements to purchase this painting from Beeckman in 1662.
References
Source/Photographer www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info
Other versions
File:Andries Beeckman - The Castle of Batavia, Seen from Kali Besar West - WGA1557.jpg
Version from www.wga.hu
There are two versions known of View of Batavia, slightly differing from each other.

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current13:29, 7 June 2022Thumbnail for version as of 13:29, 7 June 20227,222 × 5,134 (7.44 MB)Oursana (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 21:13, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
20:38, 11 October 2021Thumbnail for version as of 20:38, 11 October 20217,175 × 5,134 (27.04 MB)Orange2000 (talk | contribs)Better quality
21:13, 14 November 2019Thumbnail for version as of 21:13, 14 November 20197,222 × 5,134 (7.44 MB)Vincent Steenberg (talk | contribs)latest version from www.rijksmuseum.nl
08:02, 26 June 2016Thumbnail for version as of 08:02, 26 June 20167,222 × 5,134 (12.34 MB)Vincent Steenberg (talk | contribs)colors
19:59, 14 June 2014Thumbnail for version as of 19:59, 14 June 20147,222 × 5,134 (7.38 MB)Vincent Steenberg (talk | contribs)higher resolition
19:04, 6 April 2007Thumbnail for version as of 19:04, 6 April 20071,600 × 1,144 (416 KB)MichaelJLowe (talk | contribs){{Information |Description="The Castle of Batavia, seen from West Kali Besar". Oil on canvas. 108 x 151.5 cm. |Source=http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/ |Date=circa 1656-58 |Author=Andries Beeckman |Permission={{PD-Art}} |other_versions= }} [[Category:Nicolaas P

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