Johannes Graaf van den Bosch (1780-1844). Gouverneur-generaal (1830-33)
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
115; 97; 12
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
signature and date: ‘R: Saleh ft 1836’
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 ...