# Landscape in the Dutch East Indies (Java?)

- By: Maurits E.H.R. van den Kerkhoff (Philippine, 1830–1908)
- Date: c. 1858 - c. 1908
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 4.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-4903--54129cd3f118afd8f0148f60ead99336)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/tRspY/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In 1858, the then 28-year-old Dutch painter Maurits van den Kerkhoff moved to Java, an island in Indonesia, which was a Dutch colony at the time. Van den Kerkhoff painted Javanese landscapes in a European manner. All the elements are rendered in detail, but with little regard for reality. The light is evenly distributed, giving the scene an air of artificiality.