No 298 Jan van Riebeek

Jan van Riebeeck

6x6 Oil on gessoed board

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You can see a part of Table Mountain on the left of Jan van Riebeeck.

On 18 May 1899, a statue of the first European to settle at the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck, was unveiled. The statue stands on Heerengracht Street in Cape Town. It was sculpted in bronze by John Tweed and donated to the city by Cecil John Rhodes, a politician and financier of the late 19th century.

(The above paragraph was taken from  http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/jan-van-riebeeck039s-statue-presented-cecil-john-rhodes-unveiled-cape-town where you can read more about it)