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The Batavia Massacre
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The Batavia Massacre

Adolf van der Laan · 1740 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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The massacre of the Chinese by the Dutch in the Chinese quarter of Batavia, after the discovery of the alleged treason, 9 October 1740. The streets and canals are filled with the bodies of murdered Chinese. In the foreground, the Chinese housing block is on fire; to the right, the house of the Chinese captain on the Roea Malaca canal is being shelled with cannons, marked by the pole with the snake; the captain, attempting to flee in women's clothing, is captured. With a six-column verse inscription.

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Credit lineThe Batavia massacre. 1740. Adolf van der Laan. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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