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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 with his sketchbook arrived at the border of the devastated 'Insulinde', here referring to Lombok. Behind him a Lombok man holds a parasol over his head. Barren landscape strewn with skeletons and smoking ruins, vultures in the air, guarded by a soldier standing by his watchhouse. Accusation against the bloody conduct of Vetter in suppressing the uprising on Lombok in 1894. At the bottom two texts of four lines.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineEen schilder in verlegenheid. 1895-08-18. Marius Bauer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
