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View of Cannanore on the Malabar Coast in India
View of Cannanore on the Malabar Coast in India is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Vingboons. It dates from 1662 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Subject & Meaning
It presents a panoramic view that highlights the natural landscape and maritime setting, reflecting Dutch commercial interests in the region.
The painting depicts the coastal town of Cannanore on India's Malabar Coast, a locale significant during Dutch colonial maritime activity. It presents a panoramic view that highlights the natural landscape and maritime setting, reflecting Dutch commercial interests in the region. The work functions as both a topographical record and a symbolic representation of the strategic and economic importance of the Indian coastline within the Dutch Empire's trade networks.
Technique & Style
View of Cannanore on the Malabar Coast in India is an oil painting on canvas, a medium consistent with the landscape tradition of the Northern Low Countries in the mid-seventeenth century. The work measures 97 cm in height by 140 cm in width, giving it a horizontal orientation suited to its panoramic coastal subject. Classified as a landscape painting, it belongs to the genre of topographical and maritime views produced by Dutch artists documenting foreign ports and coastlines during this period.
The handling reflects the oil technique typical of Johannes Vingboons, whose landscape paintings of the 1660s employ the medium to render atmospheric distance, water, and built environments along the Malabar Coast.
History & Provenance
The work was painted by Johannes Vingboons in 1662, during the period when Dutch artists frequently documented colonial outposts in India.
It entered the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, where it remains held today. The painting’s dimensions are 97 cm in height and 140 cm in width, executed in oil on canvas.
The painting View of Cannanore on the Malabar Coast in India is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Created by Johannes Vingboons in 1662, the work is executed in oil on canvas and measures 97 cm in height by 140 cm in width. The provided sources do not contain specific inventory or accession numbers for the piece, nor do they list any exhibition history. Consequently, details regarding past or future public showings cannot be included based on the available documentation.
Overview
View of Cannanore on the Malabar Coast in India is an oil painting by Johannes Vingboons, created in 1662. It is a landscape depicting a coastal scene and is held at the Rijksmuseum.
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Johannes Vingboons was a Dutch draughtsman, watercolourist, and cartographer active in Amsterdam during the seventeenth century, in the period of the Dutch Golden Age.
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