Willem Martinus Godfried Schumann (1877-1952). Voorzitter van de volksraad (1919-1925), Willy Sluiter, 1924

Identification

Title(s)

Willem Martinus Godfried Schumann (1877-1952). Voorzitter van de volksraad (1919-1925)

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3824

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘Willy Sluiter 1924’
coat of arms: ‘wapen van Neitzell de Wilde met helm, daaronder: AET. SVA XLVIII’

Description

Portret van Willem Martinus Godfried Schumann (1877-1952). Voorzitter van de volksraad (1919-25). Ten halven lijve, zittend, iets naar links, linksboven een familiewapen. Onderdeel van een groep portretten van de voorzitters van de volksraad van Nederlands Oost-Indië, behorend bij de reeks van portretten van de gouverneurs-generaal van het voormalige Nederlands Oost-Indië.

Creation

Artist

painter: Willy Sluiter (mentioned on object)

Dating

1924

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 98.5 cm × width 80.5 cm × thickness 3.0 cm
depth 8.0 cm

Subject

What

historical persons

When

1919 - 1925

Where

Batavia

Who

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transfer 1950

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Commissioned by or for the sitter in his function as president of the Volksraad, Batavia; transferred from the building of the Volksraad, Batavia, with xx other objects, to the museum, 1950

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

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

De Nederlandse ontmoeting met Azië 1600-1950, p. 319-321, cat.nr. 162
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 723
Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

Persistent URL

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