Netherlands / Indonesia: A senior merchant of the Dutch East India Company, presumably Jacob Mathieusen, and his wife at Batavia (Jakarta). Oil on canvas painting by Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691), c. 1640-1660. While Mathieusen and his wife dress in the demure Protestant Dutch style of the times, their overdressed slave holds a parasol, or 'pajong', above them. With his cane, the merchant indicates a fleet of ships belonging to the Dutch East India Company (VOC). In the background lies the partially walled city of Batavia, the hub of the VOC’s operations in Asia.

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