Jan Daniel Beynon (1830-1877)
Signed and dated J D Beynon Java 1876 lower right
Oil on canvas, H. 62 x W. 88 cm
Provenance:
Collection N.J. Raland, Haarlem (at least since 1883); thence by descent
Exhibited:
- The World Exhibition for International Colonial and Export Trade (Internationale Koloniale-en Uitvoerhandel Tentoonstelling), Amsterdam, May - October 1883
- Singer Museum, Laren, De Werelden van Jan Toorop / The Worlds of Jan Toorop, 21 January - 10 May 2026
Literature:
- Catalogus der Afdeeling Nederlandsche koloniën van de Internationale koloniale en uitvoerhandel tentoonstelling te Amsterdam, 1883, listed in ‘Groep II’, p. 10, no. 7a (as ‘Een karbou-wachter (toekang karbou)’, collection N.J. Raland, Haarlem’)
- Jan Veenendaal & Titus M. Eliëns (ed.), Aziatische Kunst en de Nederlandse Smaak, appendix IV: “‘Traced paintings Jan Daniel Beijnon”, Waanders, Zwolle, 2014, p. 230 (ill.)
Part of the Indonesian Archipelago collection.
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