VOC Senior Merchant with his Wife and an Enslaved Servant, Aelbert Cuyp, c. 1650 - c. 1655 , The Aelbert Cuyp Collection

VOC Senior Merchant with his Wife and an Enslaved Servant, Aelbert Cuyp, c. 1650 - c. 1655

VOC Senior Merchant with his Wife and an Enslaved Servant, Aelbert Cuyp, c. 1650 - c. 1655 — VOC Senior Merchant with his Wife and an Enslaved Servant

Painter: Aelbert Cuyp
Year: 1650 - 1655
Medium: oil on canvas

Description: The figure standing on the left is a Dutch East India Company (VOC) merchant, probably Jakob Martensen, beside his wife. Behind them is an enslaved man holding a parasol, a pajong, over their heads. This was a status symbol in Javanese culture. Batavia Castle is visible in the background. To the right, the Company fleet rides at anchor, ready to return to the Netherlands. The merchant points to the ships with his stick, indicating his involvement.

The Aelbert Cuyp Collection Catalog

Room 1

View of Dordrecht at Sunset

Aelbert Cuyp, 1700 - 1842
Portrait of a Young Man, possibly Jacob Francken (1627-after 1656)

Aelbert Cuyp, 1651
River View

Aelbert Cuyp, 1815 - 1849
Landscape with Herdsmen and Cattle

Aelbert Cuyp, 1660 - 1795
Mountainous Landscape with the Ruins of a Castle

Aelbert Cuyp, 1642 - 1645
River Landscape with Riders

Aelbert Cuyp, 1653 - 1657
River Landscape with Cows

Aelbert Cuyp, 1645 - 1650
Landscape with Cows and a Young Herdsman

Aelbert Cuyp, 1675 - 1725
VOC Senior Merchant with his Wife and an Enslaved Servant

Aelbert Cuyp, 1650 - 1655
Signboard of a Wineshop, with Tasting the Wine on one side and Barreling the Wine on the other

Aelbert Cuyp, 1650 - 1655
Boats at a jetty in a river

Aelbert Cuyp, 1641 - 1642
View from the dunes of the Huis te Kleef near Haarlem

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1691

Room 2

Reclining and a standing cow

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1691
View of Rhenen

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1691
View of a river country

Aelbert Cuyp, 1648 - 1652
Landscape with a river

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1691
Expansive river view with ships on calm water

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1691
View of Harderwijk

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1691
Landscape with a village and a stone bridge

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1691
View of Arnhem

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1651
View of Leiden

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1649
View of The Hague

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1691
View of Dordrecht

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1691
View of Dordrecht

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1691

Room 3

View of a city by the water

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1691
Three Studies of a little Shepherd

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1691
View of Loevestein Castle

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1691
Digging the Mallegat outside Dordrecht, 1648

Aelbert Cuyp, 1648
Panoramic view of Kleve and surroundings

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1691
Frozen river with skaters near a church

Aelbert Cuyp, 1630 - 1691

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