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SACHM66/456

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Description

ObjectFormType: 

  • Painting
  • watercolour

ObjectMaterialType: 

  • Water paint

ObjectTechniqueType: 

  • watercolour on paper

Colours: 

  • Pastel

DistinguishingFeatures: 

Framed painting of a family of three members depicted inside an interior. The people are Joachim Wernich, his wife Anna van Reenen, and their daughter Magdalena Elisabeth. Mr Wernich's arm is resting on a round table covered with a blue tablecloth. On his left is his wife, seated. In front of Mrs Wernich stands their daughter, and a dog. There is a wooden screen or wall at the back of the family, with wine barrels visible in the room at the back, also a Cape corner chair.

Inscriptions: 

An inscription is located at the bottom corner near where the door was painted in the picture.
TypeValueUnit
1 000.00
1 190.00

DimensionComment: 

Height of the painting without frame is 670 mm and the length without the frame is 890 mm.
History

ObjectAge: 

270 years 8 months ago

AgeComment: 

Mid-18th century/VOC period at the Cape of Good Hope

MakerComment: 

Painted by Pieter Willem Regnault

ProductionPlace: 

  • Cape of Good Hope

Collector: 

Iziko Museums of South Africa - Social History Collections

Provenance: 

Donated by Mr F.D. Moorees in 1966 to the former South African Cultural History Museum (SACHM), today part of Iziko Museums of South Africa's Social History Collections department.

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