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Still Life with Asparagus
Adriaen Coorte, 1697, painting, SK-A-2099
Most of Coorte’s paintings are small, intimate still lifes. With their simple subjects - asparagus, or berries - his paintings contrast starkly with the magnificent, extravagant still lifes then in vogue. Those pictures are all about the profusion of valuable objects and foods, while here the…
On display in room 2.24
Javaanse hoffunctionarissen
anonymous, c. 1820 - c. 1870, painting, NG-2010-41
Clothes make the man, so too in Indonesia. These are not actual portraits, but types. In addition to revealing the region these men come from, the meticulously painted clothes and batik motifs also provide information about their rank and status. These proud, confident figures are unusual: in…
On display in room 1.17
Javaanse hoffunctionarissen
anonymous, c. 1820 - c. 1870, painting, NG-2010-38
Clothes make the man, so too in Indonesia. These are not actual portraits, but types. In addition to revealing the region these men come from, the meticulously painted clothes and batik motifs also provide information about their rank and status. These proud, confident figures are unusual: in…
On display in room 1.17
Javanese Court Officials
anonymous, c. 1820 - c. 1870, painting, NG-2010-40
Clothes make the man, so too in Indonesia. These are not actual portraits, but types. In addition to revealing the region these men come from, the meticulously painted clothes and batik motifs also provide information about their rank and status. These proud, confident figures are unusual: in…
On display in room 1.17
Javanese Court Officials
anonymous, c. 1820 - c. 1870, painting, NG-2010-39
Clothes make the man, so too in Indonesia. These are not actual portraits, but types. In addition to revealing the region these men come from, the meticulously painted clothes and batik motifs also provide information about their rank and status. These proud, confident figures are unusual: in…
On display in room 1.17
Self-portrait
Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk, c. 1809, painting, SK-A-4857
On display in room 1.14
Krishna doodt de demon Sri Gala…
anonymous, c. 1585 - c. 1595, Indian miniature, RP-T-1986-62
Cabinet
anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1705, furniture, BK-1979-21
On display in room 2.22
Plaque depicting an interior with…
anonymous, c. 1770 - c. 1775, AK-NM-6620-D
On display in room 1.5