Trade lodge of the voc in hooghly, bengal, by hendrik van schuylenbergh (ca. 1620–1689), oil on canvas, 1665. Left the river ganges with a few ships. Above a long train of indians is approaching, led by a dutch trumpeter and banner carriers with dutch flags, in the middle of the procession two dutchmen let themselves be carried in a litter. To right of this is an encampment with an indian dignitary in a tent, horses, cows, elephants and dromedaries. On the right side of the image a graveyard. Bottom right on a stele the marshaled arms of pieter sterthemius and maria calandrini. Object Type: painting. Date: 1665. Dimensions: height: 203 cm (79.9 in); width: 316 cm (10.3 ft). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Rijksmuseum. De handelsloge van de VOC in Hougly in Bengalen Rijksmuseum SK-A-4282
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