Portrait of Raden Syarif Bustaman Saleh
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
106.7; 85.3; 10.5
About this artwork
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Art Historical Context
Step into the Rijksmuseum and gaze upon *Portrait of Raden Syif Bustaman Saleh*, a striking oil on canvas from around 1840 by German artist Friedrich Carl Albert Schre. Measuring 106.7 x 85.3 cm, this elegant work captures the dignified likeness of Saleh, an Indonesian nobleman and pioneering artist from Java. Oil on canvas, a favored medium of the 19th century, allowed Schreuel to layer rich pigments for luminous skin tones and intricate fabric textures, evoking the refined portraiture tradition of European academies. Raden Syarif Bustaman Saleh (1811–1880) was a trailblazer: one of the firs...