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Jan Brandes

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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

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 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

Eland

1788

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

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

Caapse trekos

1786

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

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

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

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

Watercolor of uniformed soldiers and ceremonial envoys with ornate shields beside a VOC monogram, dated 1785.

Singalese militairen in dienst van de VOC en gezanten van de koning van Kandy

1785

Red chalk drawing of an angel appearing to a seated woman beside a water jug among trees, 1770.

Engel verschijnt aan Hagar

1770

Grey wash drawing of workers poling and hauling a flat boat along a rocky riverbank, with a rider on horseback.

Arbeiders met pieken, vlet en houtvlot

1788

Man lezend op stoel

1779

Open album page with faint pencil sketches of a cliff outline and trees, plus handwritten inscription at top.

Deel van schets van Kaap de Goede Hoop

1786

Watercolor sketch of whales surfacing in gray waves, with Dutch handwritten notes on the page.

Noordkapers

1778

Sketchbook page with grey wash drawings of a shark, a blue fish and several seabirds, annotated in Dutch handwriting.

Zeevogels en zeevissen

1778

Pencil drawing of a landscape with trees and a stone arched tomb beside a hill, inscribed as a Chinese cemetery.

Chinese begraafplaats met graf van luitenant Kouw Tjanko

1780

Pen and grey wash drawing of a tree-lined avenue with urns leading to a country house facade, by Jan Brandes, 1779.

Landhuis te Batavia

1779

Pencil sketch of a seated woman weaving at a loom in a workshop, with two standing figures and baskets around her.

Weefsters bij weefgetouw

1779