This watercolour depicts the reception of Christopher Columbus at the court of King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella of Spain in April 1493, after he returned from his first voyage west to the islands of the present-day Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. He brought back gold, pearls, jewellery and plants that were taken from these islands. Columbus also abducted members of the Taíno, who can be seen in his entourage on the right. One of them is holding a Scarlet Macaw parrot. The French artist Eugène Devéria made another version of this subject in 1861, in an oil painting that is kept at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau in France.
Christopher Columbus at the court of King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella of Spain
Eugène Devéria (in 1830)
Specifications
| Title | Christopher Columbus at the court of King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella of Spain |
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| Material and technique | Pen and black ink, watercolour and bodycolour |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 317 mm Width 246 mm |
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| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Eugène Devéria
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| Accession number | MB 147 (PK) |
| Credits | Gift J.E. Jurriaanse, 1948 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1948 |
| Creation date | in 1830 |
| Collector | Collector / H.M. Montauban van Swijndregt |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | France > Western Europe > Europe |
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