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Jan Brandes

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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

Naakte man met stok

1787

Pencil drawing of a standing nude woman with one arm outstretched, surrounded by grid lines and handwritten measurement notes

Naaktstudies van vrouw en man

1787

Pencil and wash drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind, one arm extended, with faint grid lines.

Naaktstudies van vrouw en man, op de rug gezien

1787

Pencil drawing of a seated female nude with bowed head and bent legs, drawn on tinted paper inside a ruled mount.

Seated Female Nude

1787

Naaktstudies van man en vrouw

1787

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

Engel verschijnt aan Hagar

1770

Pen drawing of a garden labyrinth with winding paths, a domed pavilion at the centre and two gates at the bottom.

Labyrint

1770

Pen drawing of a garden labyrinth in plan view with a small gazebo at the center and steps at the entrance.

Labyrint

1788

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

Aged page of pen and wash perspective diagrams with handwritten notes, tree sketches, a horizon line and a scale bar.

Nieuwe smeltlamp die metalen doet smelten door middel van stoom of spiritus

1799

Man lezend op stoel

1779

Pencil sketch of a horsefly seen from above with spread wings and annotations on a notebook page.

Horzel

1770

Watercolor botanical study of a Calodendrum capense branch with pink flowers, green leaves, and Dutch handwritten notes.

Kaapse hageboom

1778

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

Faint pencil sketches of a sailing ship and its rigging on a sketchbook page, with handwritten notes on the facing page.

Voorstudie

1770

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

Pen and wash drawing of a palace courtyard with a wooden pavilion, palisade fence, tall trees and spear-carrying figures.

De kraton te Djocja (Mataram)

1779

Pen and wash drawing of a tree-lined avenue with a house, figures, a dog and an obelisk in the distance.

Tuin en oprijlaan van een landhuis bij Tandjong Priok

1779

Pencil sketches on paper of a woman holding a baby, a crawling infant, and horses harnessed to a pole.

Schetsen van vrouw met baby en paarden aan disselboom

1779

Watercolour of a ship's deck with a striped mainmast, cannons, barrels, rigging and a sailor climbing the ropes.

Dekzicht van een VOC-schip naar de grote mast

1778

Watercolor sketchbook page of sea fish and a squid, including a flying fish, a garfish and a flatfish, with Dutch notes.

Zeevissen

1778

Watercolor sketch of a rainbow arching over rough sea, with smaller rainbow studies over green land and handwritten notes.

Regenbogen op zee en op land

1778

Pencil and wash sketches of two hammerhead sharks on a sketchbook page, with handwritten Dutch annotations.

Hamerhaai

1785

Pencil drawing of a single pale egg with a soft cast shadow on aged paper, with handwritten labels below.

Duivenei

1770

Pencil sketch in side view of an ornate sleigh with curved body and long runners on a pale sheet.

Arrenslee

1787

Watercolour of two armoured knights on horseback with lances and heraldic shields, one red and white, one yellow with red sta

Ridders met de familiewapens van Brandes en Hirschman

1770

Pencil sketch of the Brandes family coat of arms with a crown and bee motifs, with handwritten Dutch explanatory text on the

Familiewapen van Brandes

1770