Caption

Portrait of an unknown officer from the Dutch East Indies, Portrait of an unknown Indonesian officer (former title), print, The sitter, possibly an Indonesian prince, is seated on a chair, wearing a military (navy?) uniform with a tasseled sash and holding a saber in his left hand. His right hand rests on his thigh. On his head he wears a knotted cloth (blangkon or udeng?)., printer (person): Desguerrois & Co., Amsterdam, 1827 - 1904, printmaker, printer (person), paper, lithography, height 447 mm x width 317 mm, historical persons (half-length portrait), Dutch East Indies, The, A monochrome portrait of a seated person wearing a dark formal coat with decorative buttons and an embroidered collar, a light-colored front garment beneath, and a dark neck scarf, the head covered by a dark headscarf tied at the back; one hand rests on the hip while the other grasps the hilt of a sheathed sword with ornate tassels and a sash across the waist, and the figure looks toward the viewer against a plain, light background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B13_087

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Rights managed

Available size

33.8Mb (7.7Mb) / 10.4in x 12.6in / 3117 x 3793 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait unknown officer Dutch East Indies unknown Indonesian officer former title print sitter Indonesian prince seated chair wearing military navy uniform tasseled sash holding saber left hand right hand rests thigh head wears knotted cloth blangkon udeng printer person Desguerrois & Co Amsterdam 1827 - 1904 printmaker paper lithography height 447 mm x width 317 mm historical persons half-length portrait monochrome portrait seated person wearing dark formal coat decorative buttons embroidered collar light-colored front garment beneath dark neck scarf head covered dark headscarf tied back hand rests hip grasps hilt sheathed sword ornate tassels sash across waist figure looks viewer plain light background