# The Arrest of Diponegoro by Lieutenant General De Kock

- By: Nicolaas Pieneman (Amersfoort, 1809–1860)
- Date: c. 1830 - c. 1835
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 111 cm x width 134 cm x thickness 14 cm
- Credit line: Gift of F.L.W., Baron de Kock, The Hague
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2238--77b24ca4684720086aa5e5baf9dadeeb)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/gfKbF/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Prince Diponegoro was the main leader in the Java War (1825-1830). Although he had been promised safe conduct, he was arrested during the peace negotiations. Pieneman painted this picture on commission for De Kock, responsible for this betrayal. The painting therefore does not show the actual treachery, but rather Diponegoro ‘submitting’ to Dutch authority. The self-assured Dutch commanders stand tall on the veranda. The Dutch tricolour flutters at full mast.