Identification title(s): burning of the corpse among a tribe in a distant land. Object type: drawing design object number: rp-t-1898-a-4066. Description: design for a picture. Manufacture. Manufacturer: draftsman: adriaen pietersz. Of the venne. Dating: 1623 - 1628. Physical characteristics: pen in brown, brush in gray, heightened with white body paint, incised. Material: paper opaque paint ink. Technique: pen / brush / etching. Dimensions: h 50 mm × w 67 mmexplanationdesign for an illustration in jacob cats' 'hovwelyck. . ' from 1628: cremation of a corpse among a tribe in a distant land. Subject: what: human races, peoples and nationalities (other than prehistoric or extinct) (+ anthropological characteristics emphasized), body-burning, cremation(scenes from) specific works of literature (with author, title). Credit line: bequest of mr d. Franken, le vésinet. Acquisition: bequest 1898. Date: between 1623 and 1628.
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