1765779 Dutch VOC employees being served a meal by Javanese servants at Deshima, 1790-1810 (colour woodblock print) by Japanese School, (18th century); 30x38.4 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (add.info.: The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VOC) trading company flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries with an Asian capital at Batavia, now Jakarta, in Java. As part of the \'sakoku\' self-imposed isolationist policy to constrain foreign traders, an isolated island outpost at Deshima, Nagasaki allowed limited trade with Japan. Originally built to house Portuguese traders, it changed to a Chinese and Dutch trading post from 1641 to 1853. This print, attributed to Rin Shihei, may show the entire VOC personnel there, one seated on a chair bearing the company monogram. ).