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is a PhD candidate at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) and a member of the Vidi project Voicing the Colony: Travelers in the Dutch East Indies, 1800-1945 led by Rick Honings. His research focuses on tourist texts of Dutch travellers in the Dutch East Indies between 1870 and 1945.

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Who was Amsir? A Colonial Portrait by Jan Veth (1864-1925)

In the exhibition on Dutch artist Jan Veth, which recently opened at the Dordrechts Museum, Veth’s colonial work is made visible. In this blog Nick Tomberge uses Veth’s Portrait of Amsir (1922), on display at the exhibition, to discuss how the museum presents the colonial past to the general public.

Nick Tomberge • March 05, 2023