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A Painter in Embarrassment
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The painter Hermanus Koekkoek arrives with his sketchbook at the border of the devastated 'Insulinde', here referring to Lombok. Behind him, a Lombokese man holds a parasol over his head. A barren landscape littered with skeletons and smoking ruins, vultures in the air, guarded by a soldier standing by his guardhouse. An indictment against the bloody conduct of Vetter in suppressing the uprising on Lombok in 1894. Two four-line texts at the bottom.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineEen Schilder in Verlegenheid. 1895-08-18. Marius Bauer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
