The Grote Postweg (Great Postal Road) near Rajapolah

Antoine Auguste Joseph Payen, 1828

Commissioned by the Dutch king, Payen painted the Grote Postweg, the main thoroughfare on Java. This thousand-kilometre-long road from West to East Java was built in one year (1808). Thousands of Indonesian workers died during its construction. The Grote Postweg afforded the Netherlands greater military control over Java. Ordinary Javanese citizens were not allowed to use the new route.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-C-1718
Dimensionsheight 167 cm x width 140 cm
Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

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