Tag: Dutch East India Company
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From slavery to silk: Anna-Canangan of Java
Falk SteinsNiedernhausen, GermanyStephen MartinBaan Dong Bang, Thailand The oil painting Portrait of a Lady Holding an Orange Blossom (Fig. 1) was acquired by the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2020. Newly discovered documents supporting the lady’s almost certain identity tell a remarkable story of the late Dutch Republic. The painting shows a young woman wearing…
