Caption

Portrait of a Sundanese man, Portrait of a Sundanese servant (former title), print, This man worked as a servant at Hotel Bellevue, where Willem Witsen stayed when he was in Buitenzorg., watermark, printmaker: Willem Witsen, Amsterdam, c. 1921, paper, soft-ground etching, height 188 mm x width 133 mm, head-gear, anonymous historical person portrayed alone, A monochrome charcoal-style portrait of a person shown from the shoulders up, facing slightly to the left, wearing a patterned headwrap with circular decorations and a small pointed ornament at the top, with dark textured shading defining facial features including eyes, nose, lips, ears, and short hair, and a faint suggestion of a collar and garment below, all rendered on a light beige background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A90_334

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40.9Mb (9.2Mb) / 10.4in x 15.3in / 3122 x 4579 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Sundanese man Sundanese servant former title print man worked servant Hotel Bellevue Willem Witsen stayed was Buitenzorg watermark printmaker Willem Witsen Amsterdam c 1921 paper soft-ground etching height 188 mm x width 133 mm head-gear anonymous historical person portrayed alone monochrome charcoal-style portrait person shown shoulders up facing slightly left wearing patterned headwrap circular decorations small pointed ornament top dark textured shading defining facial features eyes nose lips ears short hair faint suggestion collar garment rendered light beige background