# Johan François Adriaan Cateau van Rosevelt (1823-91). Chef van het Bouwdepartement en Agent-generaal van de Immigratie in Suriname

- By: Lovera
- Date: 1885
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 14 cm
- Credit line: Gift of Mesdames Cateau van Rosevelt, Teteringen
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2252--b75b8fe1a142fa0239adcc874379d47a)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/847d2acbff85342f238ae3740c883102.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Johan F.A. Cateau van Rosevelt by Lovera, 1885. Cateau van Rosevelt (1823-1891) was chief officer at the Surinamese immigration department. After the abolition of slavery in 1863, contract workers, or coolies, were recruited in India and Java. By 1900 the Hindus and Javanese had combined with the originally European and African population and the native Indians to form a pluriform but segregated society in Surinam. On his lap, Cateau - 'coolie papa' - has a map of Surinam, which was made under his direction.