The Kemanglen Sugar Factory near Tegal on Java, Abraham Salm, 1870 - 1875

Identification

Title(s)

The Kemanglen Sugar Factory near Tegal on Java
The Kemanglen Sugar Factory near Tegal (or Tagal), Java

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4777

Description

De suikerfabriek 'Kemanglen' bij Tegal (of Tagal) op Java, in 1841 opgericht door Th. Lucassen. Gezicht op enkele witte gebouwen (suikerfabriek) met een rokende fabrieksschoorsteen. Links en huis met de Nederlandse vlag ervoor (administrateurshuis). Voor de fabriek groepen Javanen aan het werk met riet. Geheel rechts laantje met (kapok) bomen. Hoge hemel met wolken.

Creation

Artist

painter: Abraham Salm

Dating

1870 - 1875

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 80 cm × width 106 cm
depth 4.5 cm

Explanatory note

Salm verbleef tussen 1867 en 1871 op Java. De suikerfabriek was in 1841 opgericht door de oud-kolonel Th. Lucassen.

Subject

What

When

1870 - 1871

Where

Java
Tegal

Who

Suikerfabriek Kemanglen

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting

Acquisition

purchase 1980

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Collection of the director of the suikerfabriek 'Kemanglen', Théodore Lucassen (1792-1854); ? his son, Théodore Reinier Nicolas Lucassen (1830-97); ? his son, Théodore François Lucassen (1858-93); ? his son, Dr Theodorus Reynirus Valck Lucassen (1884-1941); his son, Théodore François Valck Lucassen (1913-76) Tunis and his wife, Y.L.M.P.M. Valck Lucassen - Zichy van Zich en Vásonkéö (1920-2005), The Hague;{Verslagen CNO 1968-69, p. 48-49; on loan to the Stichting cultuurgeschiedenis van de Nederlanders Overzee, by 1969-80.}; from whom, fl.8,500, to the museum, as a gift from the Rijksmuseum Stichting, 1980

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

Uit verre landen : koffie, thee en andere koloniale waren, p. 128-129
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 82
Keuze uit de aanwinsten van de afdeling Nederlandse Geschiedenis 1977-1980, p. 224, 239, afb. 29
J. de Loos-Haaxman, 'Een portret van Kemanglen', Verslagen en aanwinsten 1968-1969, Stichting cultuurgeschiedenis van de Nederlanders overzee (1970), p. 48-49, met afb.
Documentatiemap Schilderijen.

Persistent URL

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