Portrait of Jonkheer Jan Willem Janssens, Governor of the Cape Colony and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
1815 - 1838
- Medium
- canvas
- Dimensions
- 77.5 × 62 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-113415
J.W. Janssens, by J.W. Pieneman (1789-1853). J.W. Janssens was appointed governor of Cape Colony in 1802. In 1806 he was forced to hand over the territory to the British. This was the end of Dutch rule in the south of Africa.
Provenance
W.M. Janssens-Arriëns Bequest, The Hague
Registry history
- 1815 - 1838 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum
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