Jean Chrétien Baud (1789-1859). Gouverneur-generaal ad interim (1833-35)
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
11; 97.8; 3; 119.8
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
oil on canvas
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 ...