Isono Bunsai
Mimi de Villeneuve
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Mimi de Villeneuve” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
In 1829, Mimi de Villeneuve came to Nagasaki in the company of her husband. However, European women were not allowed to enter Deshima, the Dutch trading colony and she had to turn back straightaway on the ship she had come on. Although she was not permitted to disembark, pictures were made of her. The text describes her appearance – highlighting her deep-set eyes, transparent skin and long nose – which struck the Japanese as peculiar.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-1969-234
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
