The Trading Post of the Dutch East India Company in Hooghly
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
203; 313
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
coat of arms, lower right, above the pedestal: divided vertically. 1: a gold chevron and three gold stars, two above and one below, on a dark green (originally blue) field. 2: a silver eagle above a gold saltire, on a dark green (originally blue) field
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling world of 17th-century global trade with *The Trading Post of the Dutch East India Company in Hoogh* (1665), a monumental oil on canvas by Hendrik van Schuenburgh. Measuring an impressive 203 cm high by 313 cm wide, this panoramic painting captures the Dutch East India Company (VOC) factory in Hooghly, (modern-day West Bengal, India), during the height of Dutch colonial expansion. As one of the VOC's key outposts established in the 1630s, it symbolized Europe's voracious appetite for spices, textiles, and exotic goods, linking Amsterdam's merchants to Asia's riches. Van ...