In this artwork, how is the Attribution and dating discussed?
Het kasteel van Batavia is signed at the bottom right 'ABeeckman Fecit' and was probably painted in 1662-1663. In April 1662 Beeckman was commissioned by the Chamber of Amsterdam of the VOC to create two paintings, which he delivered in 1663. Beeckman received 240 guilders for this. Het Kasteel van Batavia is probably one of these works. The painting hung above the chimney of the meeting room in the East Indies House in Amsterdam until 1859. In 1859, the Rijksmuseum purchased the drawing from the Eats Indies House and was transferred to the museum.
Amsterdam guilder VOC East Indies House Rijksmuseum painting Batavia