Portrait of the Cock Blomhoff Family, their Wetnurse and two Enslaved Servants, Ishizaki Yushi (attributed to), 1817

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Portrait of the Cock Blomhoff Family, their Wetnurse and two Enslaved Servants, Ishizaki Yushi (attributed to), 1817

paint on silk, h 95.7cm × w 173.3cm × d 3.3cm More details

When the director Jan Cock Blomhoff travelled to Japan in 1817, he did something highly unusual: he took along his family. Western women were not allowed onto Deshima. Titia, her young son and the wetnurse thus had to leave the country a few months later. A Japanese artist portrayed the family. From left to right are: Jan Cock Blomhoff, the wetnurse Petronella Munts, Titia Cock Blomhoff-Bergsma, her son Jan and two enslaved Javanese servants: Maraty and an unknown boy.

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Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of the Cock Blomhoff Family, their Wetnurse and two Enslaved Servants

Object type

painting

Object number

NG-2008-64

Description

Schildering in kleuren op zijde, voorstellende de familie Cock Blomhoff, hun min en twee tot slaaf gemaakte bedienden. Links op de stoel: Jan Cock Blomhoff, 'opperhoofd' van de handelspost Deshima. Staande naast de canapé de min Petronella Munts. Zittend op de canapé: Titia Cock Blomhoff-Bergsma. Haar zoontje Jan staat tegen haar aan, rechts twee tot slaaf gemaakte Javaanse bedienden, Maraty (zittend) en een onbekende jongen (staand).

Creation

Artist

painter: Ishizaki Yushi (attributed to)
painter: Kawahara Keiga

Place

Japan

Dating

1817

Material and Technique

Physical features

paint on silk

Material

silk
paint (coating)
lijst: wood (plant material)

Measurements

height 95.7 cm × width 173.3 cm × depth 3.3 cm

Explanatory note

De schildering werd gemaakt n.a.v. het bezoek dat mevrouw Cock Blomhoff in 1817 bracht aan haar man op Deshima.

Subject

What

master ~ enslaved person
family group, especially parents with their child(ren)
house personnel, servants
wet-nurse

When

1800 - 1825

Where

Deshima

Who

familie Cock Blomhoff
Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
Titia Cock Blomhoff-Bergsma
Jan Cock Blomhoff
Petronella Munts
Maraty

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Mondriaan Stichting, the Stichting Dr Hendrik Muller’s Vaderlandsch Fonds, the K.F. Hein Fonds and the M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Stichting

Acquisition

purchase 17-Dec-2008

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Collection Jan Cock Blomhoff (1779-1853) Amersfoort; ? his son, Johannes Cock Blomhoff (1816-1900), Amersfoort; ? his widow, Sara Maria van de Poll (1823-1907), Amersfoort; through the family to the Van de Poll-Wolters-Quina Stichting; from whom on loan to the museum, 1987-2008 (inv. no. NG-BR-966);{Note RMA.} from whom, €300,000 to the museum, with support from the BankGiro Loterij, the Mondriaan Stichting, the Stichting Dr Hendrik Muller’s Vaderlandsch Fonds, the K.F. Hein Fonds and the M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Stichting, 2008

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Relations

Titia Cock Blomhoff
Kakemono familie Cock Blomhoff

Documentation

1800-1900, Jenny Reynaerts, Reinier J. Baarsen, Margreet Boomkamp, Duncan Bull, cat.nr. 59
Aziatische kunst, cat.nr. 92
Brieven uit Deshima : met het manuscript van Ennius H. Bergsma over de reis, 200 jaar geleden, van Jan Cock Blomhoff en Titia Bergsma, met hun zoontje, naar Japan, Jolien C. Hemmes, Ennius Harmen Bergsma
De smalle brug : Japan en Nederland sinds 1600, p. 102, afb. 4.27
A narrow bridge : Japan and the Netherlands from 1600, p. 102, afb. 4.27
Asian art, cat.nr. 92
De geschiedenis van Nederland in 100 voorwerpen, Gijs van der Ham, p. 363-368, afb., cat.nr. 70
De historische sensatie : het Rijksmuseum geschiedenisboek, p. 144-147
Titia : the first western woman in Japan, René Bersma
Een regentengeslacht in beeld : geschiedenis en collectie van de familie Van de Poll, Saskia van Haaren
Nederlanders in Japan 1600-1854 : de VOC op Desjima, Huibert Paul
Wonen in de wijde wereld, p. 86-92, cat.nr. vgl. 253
350 jaar Nederland-Japan, cat.nr. 58
Kikkers en kaaskoppen : Nederland en Nederlanders in buitenlandse spotprenten, Daniel R. Horst, p. 150, afb. 118
Corine Koole, 'Levensverhaal van Titia Bergsma : Vrouwen zijn hier niet nodig', Oog 3 (2009) nr. 1, p. 64-69.
Ned.-Indië Oud en Nieuw, 3e jaargang p. 248 en afb. 9.
Collection Iquenaga, Osaka, 1933, Vol. I, p. 54.
Documentatiemap.

Persistent URL

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