Portrait of Jan van Riebeeck (1619-77). Commander of the Cape of Good Hope and of Malacca and Secretary of the High Government of Batavia
anonymous
ca. 1660
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
10; 69; 94
About this artwork
inscriptie, achterzijde: ‘Antony Joansz van Riebeek obiit Maij 1639 begraven in Brezie in Phernambucq op 't recif Olinda in de kerk St. Paulo’
About the Artist
anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...