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Path to the Overberg at the Cape
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Path to the Overberg at the Cape

Jan Brandes · 1786-12 · brush; paper; pencil; watercolor (paint)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Colored drawing spanning three pages of a mountain massif and the road along a gorge that crosses it. On the left, the watchhouse; in the middle, the hill with red clay. The mountains are grey-white from the top, of marble or alabaster according to Brandes. With inscription. Part of the sketchbook of Jan Brandes, vol. 2 (1808), pp. 178-180 and see p. 177.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePad naar de Overberg aan de Caap. 1786-12. Jan Brandes. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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