Sujet

Plantation in Suriname, 1707. Creator: Dirk Valkenburg.

Légende

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.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A66_472

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

24,4Mo (2,0Mo) / 22,7cm x 27,0cm / 2682 x 3184 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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