The Coach of Mangkoe Nagoro IV

The Coach of Mangkoe Nagoro IV

SK-A-4968

Haaxman made this painting as a kind of advertisement for The Hague firm of carriage makers Hermans en Co. The coach depicted was ordered by the Javanese sultan Mangkoe Nagoro IV. The Roman numeral IV, a reference to the Javanese ruler, can be seen in the Dutch coat of arms on the door of the carriage. Around 1900, the authority of the local rulers was sometimes closely intertwined with that of the colonial regime.

painter: Pieter Alardus Haaxman

c. 1870

olieverf op doek

length 80.0 cm x width 160.7 cm

Het gaat om een reclame-afbeelding van een door de rijtuigenfabriek Hermans & Co te Den Haag gemaakte koets.

purchase 2001-05-08

Public domain

? Commissioned by the Rijtuigfabriek L. Hermans en co, The Hague, by 1867; collection Rijtuigfabriek L. Hermans en co, The Hague, 1893 possibly until 1926;{Gram 1893, p. 94; De Loos-Haaxman 1958, p. 100.}…; anonymous sale, Rotterdam (Venduhuis der Notarissen), 8 May 2001 sqq., no. 253, as Onbekend, fl. 19,000 to the museum

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.

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