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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
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
Diorama of a Du, Dance Celebration…
Gerrit Schouten, 1830, NG-2005-24
The scene in the dance tent is a ‘du’, a role-play event with music and dancing, held once every year on the plantations. Both players and audience were slaves. The main character was the ‘Afrankeri’, the narrator, left. The man in the red suit on the right is playing the king. Europeans in Suriname…
On display in room 1.17
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
Archiefkast van de Staten Generaal
anonymous, 1600 - 1699, furniture, BK-16464
Folding Screen with the Arrival of…
anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1625, AK-RAK-1968-1-A
Wall cabinet
Franz Xaver Fortner, 1844, furniture, BK-1996-15
On display in room 1.15
Portret van Lucas Vorsterman I
Anthony van Dyck, 1630 - 1632, print, RP-P-BI-7417
De Jumantsubo vlakte te Susaki bij…
Hiroshige (I) , Utagawa, 1857, print, RP-P-1956-754