Collection
The Company
The Dutch East India Company and its successors: portraits of the Governors-General, the castle and bastions of Batavia, the fleets that sailed for the Indies from 1595, and the forts, sieges and wars the Company recorded.
150 sheets
The Company
Antique Print of a Fleet of Nine Ships Departing to the East Indies '1603'
1603 · 34.5 × 22 cm£835
The Company · Sumatra
Antique Print of the Dutch VOC Bombing Palembang, Sumatra (Indonesia), ca.1700
1700 · 40 × 32.5 cm£795
The Company · Borneo
Rare Old Lithograph of the Assault of a Fort in Borneo, Indonesia, ca.1850
1850 · 53 × 41 cm£795
The Company · Java
Antique Print of the Batavia Massacre 'Present-Day Jakarta', Indonesia, ca.1740
1740 · 38 × 25 cm£760
The Company · Sumatra
Decorative Engraving of VOC Battle Ships Attacking Palembang in Sumatra, ca.1700
1700 · 35.7 × 31.3 cm£745
The Company · Java
Old Antique Print of Fort Noordwijk, Batavia 'Jakarta, Indonesia', 1739
1739 · 36 × 31 cm£655
The Company · Java
Old Print of VOC Ships in the Sea Near Batavia (Jakarta, Indonesia), 1779
1779 · 38.5 × 33 cm£655
The Company · Java
Beautiful View of Pulau 'Island' Onrust, Batavia 'Jakarta, Indonesia', ca.1805
1805 · 50 × 37 cm£610
The Company · Moluccas
Beautiful Old View of Spice Island Banda Neira with Fort Nassau, Indonesia, 1726
1726 · 59 × 34 cm£575
The Company
Antique Print of Fortifications in Indonesia by Valentijn '1726'
1726 · 61 × 34 cm£500
The Company · Java
Old Antique Print of Fort Noordwijk, Batavia in the Dutch East Indies, 1739
1739 · 33 × 26.5 cm£470
The Company · Java
Engraving of Dutch Attacking the Portuguese Fleet off Bantam, Indonesia, 1644
1644 · 37 × 31 cm£460
The Company · Java
Antique Print of Batavia Castle in Nowadays Jakarta, Indonesia, circa 1770
1770 · 49.5 × 39 cm£460
The Company · Java
Antique Print of Ships Near Onrust Island Near Jakarta, Indonesia, 1779
1779 · 33 × 38 cm£450
The Company · Java
1740 Batavia Chinese Massacre Engraving, Dutch Colonial Indonesia
1740 · 48 × 41 cm£450
The Company · Java
Rare Print of the Pearl Bastion of Castle Batavia in the Dutch East Indies, 1770
1770 · 40 × 29 cm£445
The Company · Java
Batavia Market Scenes & Government House, Antique Prints VOC Period, c.1780
1780 · 41.2 × 33 cm£445
The Company · Java
Antique Print of the Inner Courtyard of the Castle at Batavia by Habermann
circa 1770 · 40.5 × 28.5 cm£420
The Company
Antique Print of Dutch V.O.C. Trading Outposts and Forts in the East Indies
Date not stated · 51.5 × 46.2 cm£415
The Company · Java
1779 View of Onrust Island Near Batavia with VOC Shipyard Activity
1779 · 35.4 × 25.5 cm£395
The Company · Moluccas
Antique Print of the Trading Posts of Ambon by Valentijn, 1726
1726 · 42.5 × 34 cm£375
The Company · Java
Batavia Castle Church Courtyard, Vue d’Optique, Indonesia c.1770
1770 · 46 × 33.5 cm£375
The Company · New Guinea
VOC Ships, Native People & Coastal Views of Islands near Papua New Guinea, 1726
1726 · 40 × 34 cm£370
The Company · Java
The Castle of Batavia (Jakarta) in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), 1726
1726 · 39.8 × 32.3 cm£370
The Company
Colored Antique Print of Plants, Trees and Indonesian Natives with VOC Men, 1726
1726 · 20.5 × 33.5 cm£370
The Company · Java
1778 View of the Dutch Fortifications and Port of Batavia, Now Jakarta
1778 · 34.5 × 21.5 cm£370
The Company · Java
Batavia Bastion Perl, Antique Optical Print of Indonesia, c.1770
1770 · 44.5 × 33.3 cm£370
The Company · Java
Dutch Fleet and Fortified Port City of Bantam, from History of Amsterdam, 1611
1611 · 18.2 × 24 cm£370
The Company · Java
Antique Dutch East Indies Forts Engraving, VOC Batavia, Ambon & Banda, c.1719
1719 · 50 × 41 cm£370
The Company · Java
Batavia Castle and Parade Ground, Hand-Colored Engraving by J.W. Heydt, 1738
1738 · 36.2 × 31 cm£360
The Company
Antique Print of Trading Posts in Indonesia by Valentijn, 1726
1726 · 60.5 × 34 cm£355
The Company · Sumatra
Antique Print of a Ship Near the Coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, c.1845
1845 · 45 × 39.5 cm£350
The Company
Meeting of the VOC Directors with Prince William V, Amsterdam 1768
1768 · 43 × 31.5 cm£345
The Company · Moluccas
Antique Print of Hila and Fortresses by Valentijn '1726'
1726 · 41.5 × 34 cm£335
The Company · Java
Antique Print of the Pearl Bastion of Castle Batavia by Habermann 'c.1770'
1770 · 40.5 × 29 cm£335
The Company
VOC Governor Gerrit Reynst: A Dutch Master of Colonial Trade, 1724 Engraving
1724 · 20.5 × 33.5 cm£335
The Company · Java
Antique Print of the Castle of Batavia or Nowadays Jakarta, Indonesia, 1726
1726 · 33 × 39.5 cm£325
The Company · Lesser Sunda
Rare 17th Century Engraving of Solor Island Fort and Bay, Indonesia, circa 1670
1670 · 18.2 × 15.8 cm£320
The Company
Capsizing Warships, Hand-Colored Etching of Schouten’s East Indian Voyage, 1676
1676 · 16 × 21 cm£310
The Company · Java
Old Print of Ships near Anyer & Krakatoa in the Sunda Straits, Indonesia, 1844
1844 · 47 × 31 cm£300
The Company · Moluccas
Antique Print of the Hongi/Coracora Fleet by Valentijn '1726'
1726 · 42 × 34 cm£295
The Company
Antique Voc Portrait of De Carpentier, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Date not stated · 21 × 33 cm£285
The Company · Java
Dutch Colonial Views of Batavia, Diestpoort and Castle with Laboratory, c.1780
1780 · 29 × 23.7 cm£285
The Company · Java
Antique View of Batavia Port Jakarta, Dutch VOC Fortifications 1778
1778 · 36.5 × 23.5 cm£285
The Company
Antique Portrait of Abraham v Riebeeck Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Date not stated · 20 × 32.5 cm£275
The Company
Antique Portrait of Carel Ryniersz, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Date not stated · 20 × 33 cm£275
The Company
Antique Portrait of Cor van der Lijn Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Date not stated · 20 × 33 cm£275
The Company
Antique Portrait of Laurens Reael, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Date not stated · 20 × 33 cm£275
About the Company
The Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, founded in 1602, was one of the first companies with shares traded on a stock exchange, and for almost two centuries the ruler of the Dutch East Indies. Its history was written in prints: the fleets leaving for the East, the battles with the Portuguese, English and Indonesian rulers, the forts it built and the men who governed it.
Valentijn's portraits of the Governors-General and his scenes of war and diplomacy are the core of this collection, with the castle of Batavia, the island of Onrust where the Company's ships were repaired, and the forts of Java, Ambon, Banda and Solor.
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What was the VOC?
The Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie), chartered in 1602 with a monopoly on Dutch trade east of the Cape of Good Hope. It governed the Dutch East Indies until it was dissolved in 1799.
Who were the Governors-General?
The heads of the Company's government in Batavia, from Pieter Both (1610) onward, who ruled the Company's possessions in Asia.