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., printmaker: Willem Witsen, Amsterdam, c. 1921, paper, soft-ground etching, height 190 mm x width 133 mm, head-gear, anonymous historical person portrayed alone, A monochrome sketch of a young person shown from the shoulders up wearing a patterned headwrap with rounded decorative shapes and a tied knot at the back, with short hair visible at the temples, expressive eyes looking slightly to the side, full lips, a rounded chin, and a collared garment with visible buttons rendered in textured charcoal-like strokes on a light paper background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A90_337

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Rights managed

Available size

39.3Mb (9.3Mb) / 10.2in x 15.0in / 3053 x 4498 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Sundanese man Sundanese servant former title print man worked servant Hotel Bellevue Willem Witsen stayed was Buitenzorg printmaker Willem Witsen Amsterdam c 1921 paper soft-ground etching height 190 mm x width 133 mm head-gear anonymous historical person portrayed alone monochrome sketch young person shown shoulders up wearing patterned headwrap rounded decorative shapes tied knot back short hair visible temples expressive eyes looking slightly side full lips rounded chin collared garment visible buttons rendered textured charcoal- strokes light paper background