The Kemanglen Sugar Factory near Tegal on Java

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

SK-A-4777

The so-called Cultivation System was imposed on the Dutch East Indies in 1830. It obliged Javanese farmers to grow sugar and other products on one-fifth of their rice fields as an enforced tax. Refined in factories like his one, the sugar was destined for the European market. Profits were for the Dutch treasury. The Javanese population, on the other hand, had to work harder and received less money because of this policy.

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.

painter: Abraham Salm

1870 - 1875

olieverf op doek

• depth 4.5 cm
• height 80 cm x width 106 cm

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

Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting

purchase 1980

Public domain

? 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

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.

• 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.

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