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Jan Brandes

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Watercolor page of a mushroom, grey mites, and a pale larva, with a pencil mite sketch and Dutch handwritten notes.

Champignonswormen

1770

Watercolor drawing of three small insects, a green grasshopper, and a pink carnation with handwritten Dutch labels on a page.

Hollandse kever en Javaanse rijstsprinkhaan

1770

Watercolor page of a praying mantis, several bees, and a hive sketch with handwritten Dutch notes, by Jan Brandes, 1783.

Javaanse bijen en sprinkhaan

1783

Grey wash drawing of ships at anchor on a calm sea beneath clouds, with a large three-masted vessel in the centre.

Schepen voor anker

1779

Watercolor drawing of a striped Ceylon squirrel sitting upright on sand, with a handwritten title and date on the album page.

Ceylons eekhoorntje

1785

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a paradise flycatcher with black crest, grey body and long tail perched on a branch.

Paradise Flycatcher

1785

Watercolour drawing of a three-masted West Indiaman under full sail on a calm sea, from an album page.

West-Indiëvaarder onder zeil

1779

Grey wash drawing of a ship's hull and ornate stern in a bound sketchbook, the rest of the page left blank.

Romp van een schip

1779

Watercolor of sailing ships on choppy grey water under a cloudy sky, shown across two album pages.

Schepen in het Kanaal

1779

Sketchbook page with watercolor coastal cliffs, pencil studies of ships, and handwritten Dutch notes on sea soundings.

De rotsen van Dover, de spiegel van de 'Holland' en schuinliggende schepen

1778

Two watercolor sailing ships on rough sea under cloudy sky, one flying a Swedish flag, in an open album.

Zweedse brik op zee

1778

Watercolor drawing of coaches and riders on a winding road through hills, with handwritten travel notes above.

Reis van Falmouth naar Truro

1778

Watercolor drawing of a white house and outbuildings by a harbor shore, with a grassy hill and fields behind, from an album.

Huis in de haven van Falmouth

1778

Watercolor of two mounted soldiers in blue and red uniforms, one on a rearing grey horse, the other on a dark grey horse.

Mallabaarse officier en ruiter

1779

Two bristly dark pigs face each other on a pale ground in a watercolor sketch from an album page, with Dutch handwritten capt

Varkens zonder achterpoten

1785

Watercolour of the quay at Falmouth with a rowing boat on calm water and whitewashed buildings below patchwork fields.

Kade van Falmouth

1778

Pencil sketches of several monkeys in different poses on pale paper, with handwritten text along the left margin.

Apen

1778

Faint pencil sketch on aged paper showing a small standing child, tree foliage, and a sketchbook binding at left.

Kind voor een huis. Een pot

1770

Watercolour sketch of a winding mountain pass with a red clay track, sandy slopes and a small farmhouse, with Dutch handwritt

Kloof door Hottentots Holland naar de Overberg

1786

Watercolor drawing of green hills, a farmhouse, a winding path and a rocky mountain ridge under grey clouds.

Pad naar de Overberg aan de Caap

1786

Pencil and watercolour sketch of a flat plain with cloud-covered mountain ridges, with Dutch handwritten notes in an album pa

Tafel- en Duijvelsberg van de landzijde gezien

1786

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of a steep rocky headland above the sea with hills, inscribed St Helena, 31 March 1787.

Sint Helena

1787

Open bound album with gilt-tooled edge, blank page numbered 182, and faint pencil annotation near the right margin.

Fragment van tekening Kloof naar Hottentotsland

1786

Dried tree leaf mounted on an album page with pencil outline and handwritten Dutch notes naming Ficus religiosa.

Boomblad Sint-Helena

1787

Watercolor of a small bird with chestnut head, yellow throat and long blue tail perched on a branch, with handwritten notes.

Kleine vogel op tak

1785

Pencil and watercolour sketch of a man in a tricorn hat and buttoned coat, arm outstretched, with ship rigging behind him.

VOC-officier op schip

1778

Pencil sketch of a flat-topped mountain range in a sketchbook page numbered 69, with a handwritten note below.

Gezicht op Kaap de Goede Hoop

1786

Grey watercolor of a cup-shaped fungus with wavy ridges and a thick stalk, with Dutch handwritten notes on an album page.

Javaanse paddestoel

1785

Pencil sketch of a woman's face with hair in a bun, drawn on a sketchbook page with handwritten notes.

Portret van een tot slaaf gemaakte vrouw

1779

Twee portretten van Roosje

1779

Watercolor of figures in white wraps walking near a thatched hut and palm trees, with a child seated in the foreground.

Zonder titel

1785

Watercolour of a ship's deck with a helmsman at the wheel, a sailor by the railing, trunks, coiled rope and sails overhead.

Dekzicht van een Oost-Indiëvaarder met stuurman aan het roer

1779

Watercolor of a halved coconut showing three kernels inside its husk, with Dutch annotations on a manuscript page.

Kokosnoot met drie harten

1779

Pencil and ink sketch of a glass cabinet with plan and elevation views and Dutch handwritten notes on an album page.

Glastang en plattegrond

1779

Pen and watercolor sketch of two laced copper drums and a painted Malay fan with handwritten Dutch notes on a sketchbook page

Olifantspauken en Maleise waaier

1779

Watercolour of oxen teams: a covered wagon on a hillside track and a plough team in a field, with rocky hills behind.

Ossenspan voor huifwagen en voor ploeg

1806

Pen and watercolour sketch of a farm with whitewashed buildings, mountains behind, and oxen ploughing a field in front.

Plaats 'Vergenoegd' van de heer Lochner

1786

Watercolor of an elephant held in a wooden rope frame beside a tree, with attendants working around it.

Olifantenstal

1786

Watercolor of an elephant kraal with wooden palisades, thatched huts, palm trees and figures in a forest clearing.

Olifantennoodkraal

1786

Watercolor sketch of elephants inside a wooden stockade with a watchtower, palms and banana plants, with Dutch notes.

Olifantenspeel- en maalkraal

1786

Pencil sketch of a walking cow seen from behind in a sketchbook, with faint outlines of more cattle to the right.

Lopend rundvee

1786

Watercolor drawing of a black, white and rust-breasted songbird perched on the ground, with Dutch handwritten inscription abo

Kaapse vogel

1786

Pencil sketch of a waterspout over the sea beside a ship, with distant mountains and handwritten notes on an aged sketchbook

Kustprofiel. Waterhoos

1778

Watercolor of a black and white wagtail beside orange fruits, one cut open showing red flesh, on a sketchbook page.

Wagtail with Fruit

1785

Eland

1788

Zeelieden en indeling van een schip

1779

Pencil sketch of a company of men on horseback and walking in a landscape, with a distant town and church tower.

Gezelschap te paard

1788

Koffievlek uitgewerkt tot prekende dominee op kansel

1770

Pen drawing of a chaotic cavalry battle with soldiers in tricorn hats, raised swords, and horses rearing over a fallen rider.

Ruiterslag / Allegorie op de Engelse oorlog

1784

Watercolor sketch of an elephant seen from behind with three men riding on its back, on a sketchbook page.

Inbinden van een olifant

1785

Watercolor drawing of men in a wooden stockade roping and restraining a wild elephant, with handwritten text on the page.

Restraining a Wild Elephant

1785

Watercolor of tame elephants leading a bound wild elephant out of a wooden stockade, with men handling ropes and logs.

A Bound Elephant being led from the Last Section of the trap, the Prison Corral

1785

Watercolor of tamed elephants roped together beside a tall wooden elephant trap, with men on platforms and handlers on the gr

De jacht op olifanten

1785

Colored drawing of three elephants tied in a wooden enclosure, with men riding them and handling ropes on the ground.

Temmen van een olifant

1785

Watercolor of three elephants seen from behind in a timber stable, with mahouts on their backs and workers pulling ropes.

Taming a Wild Elephant in the Temporary Stable, rear view

1785

Watercolor sketch of a man in a loincloth holding up a large patterned parasol, with a folded parasol below and notes.

Singalees met zonnescherm. Ingeklapt zonnescherm. Rug olifant met tuig

1785

Pencil sketchbook page with faint hills and coastline, and a dried leaf pressed at the top.

Baai Sint-Helena, gedroogd blad

1787

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of hills and a bay with trees and a building on the shore, inscribed St Helena.

Baai Sint-Helena

1787

Vrouw in kleermakerszit

1770

Caapse trekos

1786

Handwritten notebook page in Dutch with pencil lists of chests, cabinets and bottles, page number 491 at top right.

Opzet voor een schilderij

1784

Pencil sketches of a procession with parasols and figures, with handwritten Dutch notes, on a page of a leather sketchbook.

Bruiloftsstoet

1779

Open notebook page with brown handwriting, pencil notes and a grey-blue watercolor sketch of a bell-shaped object with patter

Chineese geestelijke

1779

Pen and watercolor sketch of Javanese cavalry: a lancer, a fusilier with sword, and a drummer on horseback, with Dutch labels

Javaanse cavalerie

1779

Pen and watercolor sketch of Chinese soldiers with swords, polearms, a drum and a banner, from a bound album page.

Chinese soldaten

1779

Panoramic watercolour of a flat-topped mountain, a conical peak, a coastal town and ships anchored in the bay.

De Tafelberg en Kaapstad gezien vanaf de zee

1787

Watercolor coat of arms with red shield, silver battlements and bees, crowned helmet, and handwritten Dutch blazon below.

Stamboom van Henrich Brandes

1760

Pen and watercolor sketch of a crowned knight in armour on a horse with pink and gold trappings, holding a lance.

Schets van een ridder te paard

1755

Hand-painted family tree drawing with coats of arms on leafy branches and handwritten names on scroll banners, dated 1760.

Stamboom van de familie Brandes

1760

Panoramic watercolor of a hilly island coast with several Dutch three-masted ships anchored on calm blue water.

Gezicht op Sint Helena

1787

Grey wash drawing of a landscape with a dirt road, bare tree, donkey, standing figure, and distant hills under clouds.

Landschap bij Renkum

1775

Watercolor drawing of a ship cabin with a bombé chest, writing bureau, armchair, canopied bed and brass ewer.

Hut van de chirurgijn op het VOC-schip de Stavenisse

1785

Sketchbook page with pen drawing of bird legs tied with rope in lower right, mostly blank paper, page number 80.

Boom met touw

1785

Watercolor of three Cape birds on an album page: a grey finch, a red-headed bird on a branch, and a brown lark below.

Kaapse vogels

1786

Cockatoo from Ambon

1784

Pencil sketch of a crested cockatoo with spread wings on a page in a bound album.

Ambonse kaketoe

1784

Watercolour sketchbook page with four green long-tailed parakeets perched on branches, shown in several views.

Dwergpapagaaien

1785

Watercolor page of red, green and white parrots and a cockatoo on branches, with Dutch handwritten labels, dated 1784.

Birds from Ambon

1784

Watercolor botanical study of striped serrated leaves and a flower spike with handwritten Dutch notes on an album page.

Poedak, Javaanse bloem

1785

Pen and watercolour drawing of two Javanese birds on a branch, one with a red head and dark wings, from a 1784 album page.

Javaanse vogels

1784

Watercolor of a village street with a church tower, houses, children playing with a dog, and a woman beside logs.

Het dorp Wehl in Cleefsland

1775

Pen and ink map on a book page showing rivers, towns, and dotted routes between Doetinchem and Venlo.

Kaart van de streek tussen Doetinchem en Venlo

1770

Watercolor of men with torches and spears driving elephants into a wooden stockade in a forest clearing.

The Elephant Drive

1786

Watercolour of a large swallow flying over a pillory, figures, a well, a sailboat and a rose branch by the sea.

Bestraffing van de lasteraar

1777

Watercolour interior by Jan Brandes showing a woman and two men trading from clay pots, with a caged bird and Dutch text abov

Boterhandel op Ceylon

1785

Pencil sketch of buildings, a church spire and a tree on a sketchbook page with Dutch handwritten notes.

Voorstudie van een gezicht op Galle

1785

Pen and watercolour sketch of a ship's cabin with a paned window, wooden railing and grey sail, beside a handwritten note.

Deel van het scheepsdek van een VOC-schip

1785

Sketchbook page with pencil riders on horses and donkeys above watercolor studies of seabirds in flight, with Dutch notes.

Vertelling over man en ezel. Zeevogels

1778

Sketchbook page with watercolor and pencil studies of seabirds in flight, annotated with Dutch notes on size and plumage.

Seabirds

1778

Sketchbook page with watercolor studies of crickets, cockroaches, grasshoppers, a caterpillar and cocoon, labeled in handwrit

Insecten

1783

Watercolor of a green grasshopper in side view with brown wings and long antennae, on a sketchbook page with handwritten note

Sprinkhaan

1784

Pencil study on a notebook page of a gecko foot with magnified toe pad and claw details and Dutch annotations.

Poot van tjitjak of huisgekko

1784

Watercolor drawing of two grasshoppers on an album page, one green and one brown, with handwritten Dutch labels.

Indonesische sprinkhanen

1784

Two watercolor drawings of a leaf insect on a sketchbook page, with a handwritten Dutch caption below.

Het Vliegende blad

1778

Watercolor of a spider head with eight eyes, plus a small sketch and handwritten Dutch notes on an album page.

Spinnenkoppen

1785

Pencil sketch of a herd of elephants on a horizon with a tree at right and a handwritten Dutch note on the page.

Kudde olifanten

1785