Raden Saleh

(1814–1880) painter from Indonesia (1811-1880)

Raden Saleh (1814–1880) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Raden Saleh belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Raden Saleh was born in Semarang and died in Bogor. Raden Saleh worked in Dutch East Indies, Dresden, Austria–Hungary, and Amsterdam. Wikidata associates Raden Saleh with Romanticism.

The best-known works include ‘Posthumous portrait of Herman Willem Daendels (1762-1818). Gouverneur-generaal (1808-10)’, ‘Portrait of Johannes Graaf van den Bosch (1780-1844), Gouverneur-generaal (1830-33)’, ‘Portrait of Jean Chrétien Baud (1789-1859), Gouverneur-generaal ad interim (1833-35)’, and ‘Deer hunting in Java Island’. The catalogue has 38 works by Raden Saleh with free images. The dated works span the years 1830–1872. Works by Raden Saleh are held by several collections, among them National Gallery Singapore, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Rijksmuseum, and Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Mikhail Scotti, Antoine Chintreuil, Johan Georg Schwartze, Carl Wilhelm Hübner, and Elise Thérèse Daiwaille.

• Romanticism
• The Arrest of Pangeran Diponegoro