Resource Spotlight | Rijksmuseum Multimedia Tours — Colonial Past & Highlights from Asian Pavilion

 

The submission of Dipo Negoro to Lt. General Baron de Kock, Nicolaas Pieneman, c. 1830 - c. 1835
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Explore the Rijksmuseum on your mobile phone.

Using their free application, you can experience immersive multimedia tours of the museum and their illustrious collections.

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Colonial Past

Dutch Colonial History
Trade, Exploitation, Cultural Exchange, Slavery

Please note that this tour can only be accessed on a mobile device.
 
 

Banda Neyra in the Southern Moluccas, Johannes Vinckboons (attributed to), c. 1662 - c. 1663
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Portrait of Raden Syarif Bustaman Saleh, Friedrich Carl Albert Schreuel (attributed to), c. 1840
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Willem van Outhoorn (1691-1704), anonymous, 1691 - 1710 Governor General (1691-1704). Standing, half-length, command staff in the right hand, left hand in the side. Part of a series of portraits of the governors general of the former Dutch East Indies.
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The submission of Dipo Negoro to Lt. General Baron de Kock, Nicolaas Pieneman, c. 1830 - c. 1835
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The Lombok treasure in an iron display case, c. 1900 - c. 1930
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Room at the Rijksmuseum holding the Lombok Treasure and other colonial war loot. 1900-1949.
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Facial masks of inhabitants of Nias. 1910 J.P. Kleiweg de Zwaan. On loan from Utrecht University.
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Highlights from Asian Pavilion

India, Indonesia, China, Japan and Korea

The Asian Pavilion was designed by the architects Cruz and Ortiz. Constructed from Portuguese sandstone and glass, the building is surrounded by water and characterized by a wealth of diagonal planes and unusual perspectives. Inside, it houses a rich collection of Asian art brought together from China, Japan, Indonesia, India, Vietnam and Thailand and dating from the period between 2000 BC and 2000 AC.

Please note that this tour can only be accessed on a mobile device.
 
 

Somaskanda Bronze | Tamil Nadu, India | Chola | 1100-1200 AD.
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Mahakala Stone Gatekeeper of Shiva Temple | Central Java | circa 800-900 AD.
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Temple Guard in Polychromed Wood | Japan | circa 1300-1400 AD.
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Shiva Nataraja Bronze Statue | Tamil Nadu, India | Chola | 1100-1200 AD.
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Slate Head of the Buddha | Gandhara, Pakistan | 300-399 AD.
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Heavenly Beauty, Sandstone Figure | Khajuraho, India | circa 950 AD.
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Guanyin Figure | China | 1100-1200 AD.
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Temple Guard in Polychromed Wood | Japan | circa 1300-1400 AD.
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News 5Editorial TeamArt of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold, Rijksmuseum