Portrait of the Cock Blomhoff Family, their Wetnurse and two Enslaved Servants — Attributed to Ishizaki Yushi

Attributed to Ishizaki Yushi. Painted 1817.

When the director Jan Cock Blomhoff travelled to Japan in 1817, he did something highly unusual: he took along his family. Western women were not allowed onto Deshima. Titia, her young son and the wetnurse thus had to leave the country a few months later. A Japanese artist portrayed the family. From left to right are: Jan Cock Blomhoff, the wetnurse Petronella Munts, Titia Cock Blomhoff-Bergsma, her son Jan and two enslaved Javanese servants: Maraty and an unknown boy.

From the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

paint (coating), silk, wood (plant material) · Original size: 173.3 × 95.7 cm · Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Mondriaan Stichting, the Stichting Dr Hendrik Muller’s Vaderlandsch Fonds, the K.F. Hein Fonds and the M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Stichting

Print: 119 × 65.7 cm, printed on Hahnemühle FineArt archival cotton paper. Museum-grade reproduction quality, true to the colours and detail of the original work.

Frame (optional): a custom-made wooden frame in a matte black finish, cut to the exact dimensions of this print, with an off-white passe-partout mat and protective glazing. Ready to hang.

Source: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20061487. Image released under CC0 by the Rijksmuseum.