Frans Balthazar Solvyns

Frans Balthazar Solvyns was a painter, printmaker, historian and anthropologist (1760–1824). He was born at Antwerp.

Also recorded as Baltazard Solvyns; François Baltazard Solvyns; Solwyns; F. Baltazard Solvyns; Balt. Solvyns; Balthazar Solwyns.

Frans Balthazar Solvyns in brief

Born
1760
Died
1824
Known for
painter, printmaker, historian and anthropologist
Place of birth
Antwerp
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Baltazard Solvyns, François Baltazard Solvyns, Solwyns, F. Baltazard Solvyns and Balt. Solvyns. His recorded languages were French and Dutch.

One child is recorded: Henri Solvyns.

Recognition and collections

Work by Frans Balthazar Solvyns is held by Netherlands Photo Museum, National Museum of World Cultures, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam and Victoria Memorial.

Catalogued works

10 works under this name are catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection.

A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings: Descriptive of the Manners, Custome and Dresses of the Hindoos, dated 1799, illustrations: etchings, hand-colored, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 65.541.1. A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings: Descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos, dated 1799, illustrations: etchings, hand-colored, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 65.541.2. Market scene, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799., dated [1799], held by Wellcome Collection. Man playing nose flute, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799., dated [1799], held by Wellcome Collection. Two men smoking cocoa nut hookahs, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799., dated [1799], held by Wellcome Collection. Man smoking chillum outside a hut, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799., dated [1799], held by Wellcome Collection. Hindu ascetic seated under a tree, near Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799., dated [1799], held by Wellcome Collection. Hindu fakir with one shoe and half a moustache, Calcutta. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799., dated [1799], held by Wellcome Collection. Ascetic standing next to a tree, near Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799., dated [1799], held by Wellcome Collection. Street scene with snake charmers, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799., dated [1799], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 44 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Solvyns, Balthazar or Frans Balthazar, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Julie F. Codell. Review of "Boats of Bengal: Eighteenth-Century Portraits by Balthazar Solvyns" by Robert L. Hardgrave., caa.reviews, 2003. Virtual witnessing? Balthazar Solvyns and the navigation of precision, c.1790–1840, Journal of Historical Geography, 2014. A portrait of the Hindus: Balthazar Solvyns & the European image of India, 1760-1824, Choice Reviews Online, 2004. Book Review: Boats of Bengal: Eighteenth Century Portraits by Balthazar Solvyns, International Journal of Maritime History, 2001.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 5 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is French and Dutch.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Kolkata.

Works named in the authority record are Painting of the ship Marquis Cornwallis, 1793.

Work by Frans Balthazar Solvyns is recorded in the collections of Netherlands Photo Museum, National Museum of World Cultures, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, Victoria Memorial and State Library of New South Wales.

Chronology

  1. 1760Frans Balthazar Solvyns born at Antwerp.
  2. 1799A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings: Descriptive of the Manners, Custome and Dresses of the Hindoos (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  3. 1799A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings: Descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  4. 1799Market scene, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799. (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1799Man playing nose flute, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799. (Wellcome Collection).
  6. 1799Two men smoking cocoa nut hookahs, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799. (Wellcome Collection).
  7. 1799Man smoking chillum outside a hut, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799. (Wellcome Collection).
  8. 1824Frans Balthazar Solvyns died at Antwerp.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    A portrait of the Hindus: Balthazar Solvyns & the European image of India, 1760-1824, Choice Reviews Online, 2004

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Book Review: Boats of Bengal: Eighteenth Century Portraits by Balthazar Solvyns, International Journal of Maritime History, 2001

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  3. 3.

    Julie F. Codell. Review of "Boats of Bengal: Eighteenth-Century Portraits by Balthazar Solvyns" by Robert L. Hardgrave., caa.reviews, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  4. 4.

    Solvyns, Balthazar or Frans Balthazar, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Virtual witnessing? Balthazar Solvyns and the navigation of precision, c.1790–1840, Journal of Historical Geography, 2014

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Frans Balthazar Solvyns (3 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 44 works naming Frans Balthazar Solvyns.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2682432: Frans Balthazar Solvyns

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  9. 9.

    “Frans Balthazar Solvyns”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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