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A Windmill on a Polder Waterway,…
Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël, c. 1889, painting, SK-A-1505
‘Our country is colourful, juicy, fat. (...) I repeat, our country is not dull, not even in dull weather, the dunes are not dull either’, Constant Gabriël wrote in a letter. Unlike many artists of the Hague School, he preferred painting fine summer days. Here there are two: the grass, sky and…
On display in room 1.18
Diorama of a Du, Dance Celebration…
Gerrit Schouten, 1830, NG-2005-24
The scene in the dance tent is a ‘du’, a role-play event with music and dancing, held once every year on the plantations. Both players and audience were slaves. The main character was the ‘Afrankeri’, the narrator, left. The man in the red suit on the right is playing the king. Europeans in Suriname…
On display in room 1.17
Javaanse hoffunctionarissen
anonymous, c. 1820 - c. 1870, painting, NG-2010-41
Clothes make the man, so too in Indonesia. These are not actual portraits, but types. In addition to revealing the region these men come from, the meticulously painted clothes and batik motifs also provide information about their rank and status. These proud, confident figures are unusual: in…
On display in room 1.17
Morning Ride along the Beach
Anton Mauve, 1876, painting, SK-A-3602
On display in room 1.18
Ecce homo
Louis Royer, 1826, sculpture, BK-B-44
On display in room 1.12
Diorama of Government Square in…
Gerrit Schouten, 1812, NG-412
On display in room 1.17
Basket
Jacob Hendrik Stellingwerff, 1806, BK-1978-118
On display in room 1.14
Girl Knitting in the Dunes
Bernardus Johannes Blommers, c. 1870 - c. 1900, painting, SK-A-3075
On display in room 1.18
Portraits of Surinamese Girls
anonymous, c. 1810, miniature (painting), SK-A-2635
On display in room 1.17