Title

Plantation in Suriname, 1707. Creator: Dirk Valkenburg.

Caption

Plantation in Suriname, 1707. Dutch merchant and plantation-owner Jonas Witsen commissioned Valkenburg to paint this scene of an orange plantation. Several Indians - the original inhabitants of this territory - appear among the palm trees in the foreground, while the plantation owner's residence can be glimpsed in the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A66_472

Model release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

24,4Mb (2,0Mb) / 8,9in x 10,6in / 2682 x 3184 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather nature Europe cloud clouds South America tree building buildings agriculture people house houses plant plants painting tropical exotic local continent museum Netherlands Dutch palm tree shelter palm trees color palms native plantation location century hammock Colonial concept oil Painting Colour Suriname 18th century Eighteenth Century trees colonialism Rijksmuseum Surinam TGN indigenous landscape sky indigenous people Oil on canvas Dutch West India Company Painting Heritage Art Low Countries Dirk Valkenburg Valkenburg Dirk