Title

Javanese Court Officials, c.1820-c.1870. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Javanese Court Officials, c.1820-c.1870. 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 Western pictures, Indonesians were usually portrayed as hostile, subservient or as unspoilt savages.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A65_380

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

33,3Mb (1,9Mb) / 6,6in x 19,5in / 1988 x 5856 (300dpi)

Keywords

Europe portrait standing people black male looking court job man men hat historical fashion painting country local pattern law guy costume occupation clothes museum Netherlands Dutch color Indonesia design OFFICIAL dress Indonesian traditional costume native location century Colonial moustache profession batik court of law clothing concept Java APPAREL full length one person mustache posture facial hair full-length sarong dyeing looking away oil Painting Colour Patterned 19th century hand behind back menswear Javanese law court nineteenth century history historic colonialism Rijksmuseum TGN traditional dress indigenous portrait oil waistcoat Dutch East Indies Unknown black colour Painting Heritage Art Painting Low Countries 19th-century resist dyeing clothing & dress fashion & clothing