Portrait of Mrs. W.J.S. van Alphen, Baroness van Reede van Oudtshoorn
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
h 90cm × w 77.5cm × t 4cm × d 7cm
Classification
painting
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Portret van mevrouw Wilhelmina Jeanne Sibille van Alphen (1827-78), barones van Reede van Oudtshoorn. Ten halven lijve, zittend in een stoel, en face. Op de achterzijde van het doek staan schetsen van een paard en een tijgerkop.
About the Artist
Raden Sarief Bastaman Saleh
**Raden Saleh Sjarif Boestaman (also known as Raden Sarief Bastaman Saleh)** was a pioneering Romantic painter of Arab-Javanese descent, widely recognized as Indonesia’s first modern artist. Born around 1811 in Terboyo near Semarang in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia), he came from a noble Hadhrami family. Raised by an uncle who served as regent of Semarang, the young nobleman showed ...