The Kedawong Sugar Factory near Pasuruan on Java

H.Th. Hesselaar, 1849

This sugar factory illustrates the great impact of Dutch colonialism on the industry, landscape, and population of Java. The originally wooded area was turned into an industrial site. Dark plumes of smoke from the factory chimneys billow into the air. A slave bell hangs at the right in the corner behind the fence. It was used to ring the beginning and end of the working day for the enslaved workers.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-C-1519
  • Dimensionsheight 43 cm x width 54 cm, depth 7 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    • The Kedawong Sugar Factory near Pasuruan, Java
    • The Kedawong Sugar Factory near Pasuruan on Java

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-C-1519

  • Description

    Gezicht op het complex met de suikerfabriek 'Kedawong' bij Pasoeroean op Java. In de schaduw van de witte muren rusten enkele figuren, rechts de Nederlandse vlag in de mast. In de verte een berg.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date: ‘H.T. Hesselaar, ft Java 1849’

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: H.Th. Hesselaar

  • Dating

    1849

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    • height 43 cm x width 54 cm
    • depth 7 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from S.A. Boon-Langelaan, Maarssen

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; purchased at an Amsterdam sale, 1967, with two other paintings, SK-C-1520 and SK-C-1521, by Daniël François Willem Langelaan (1912-2000), Amsterdam;{Amsterdam 1998-99, p. 80; the sale catalogue has not been located.} from whom, and Dr Suzette Antoinette Boon, née Langelaan, Maarssen, on loan, with two other paintings, SK-C-1520 and SK-C-1521, to the museum, 1972; on loan from Dr Suzette Antoinette Boon, née Langelaan, Maarssen, with two other paintings, SK-C-1520 and SK-C-1521, to the museum, 2000

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

    • J. de Loos-Haaxman, 'Een portret van Kemanglen' Verslagen en aanwinsten 1968-1969, Stichting cultuurgeschiedenis van de Nederlanders overzee (1970), p. 48-49, afb. 2.
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