Caraïben Indians at the river side by Hendrik Samuel Schouten

Caraïben Indians at the river side by Hendrik Samuel Schouten

Caraïben Indians at the river side by Hendrik Samuel Schouten

Caraïben Indians at the river side by Hendrik Samuel Schouten

Indiani Caraïben in riva al fiume 1809

Hendrik Samuel Schouten

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51 ⨯ 69 ⨯ 20 cm
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A proposito di opere d'arte
An unique wooden diorama. Painted papier-mâché, twigs and dried moss.

A unique diorama of Caraïben Indians at the river side. Signed on a label left under, “Geboetzeerd in Jagtlust” door Hendrik Schouten in Surinaame 1809

This is the only known diorama by Hendrik Schouten. He became a planter and inherited the Jagtlust plantation from his grandfather Samuel Loske. His older brother Gerrit Schouten (1779-1839) became the well-known artist who made over forty diorama’s, many now in museum collections in the Netherlands and Surinam, and numerous botanical and zoological watercolours of Surinam, most of them now in the Royal Horticultural Society in London.
The earliest known diorama by Gerrit Schouten is dated 1810, so one year after this diorama by Hendrik. It is tempting to assume that this first and only diorama by his younger brother was the occasion that started Gerrit to make diorama’s. Gerrit Schouten’s diorama’s of Indian camps differ from this one in that Hendrik also used natural materials such as moss and small twigs while Gerrit made everything of papier-mâché, Hendrik’s figures are flatter than Gerrit’s. Gerrit’s diorama’s of Indians’ camps are always viewed from the river towards the camp and his figures are almost always facing the observer while in this diorama most figures, together with the observer, look towards the river.

The present diorama is described and illustrated in the exhibition catalogue Gerrit Schouten (1779-1839), botanische tekeningen en diorama’s uit Suriname, Clazien Medendorp 1999, p. 134-135 and was included in the exhibitions in Het Tropenmuseum Amsterdam and Het Surinaams museum Paramaribo in 1999.
A proposito di opere artista
Hendrik Samuel Schouten è nato ad Amsterdam e ha vissuto la sua vita nella piantagione di Jagtlust Paramaribo in Suriname dove era un piantatore. Era un letterato olandese e membro importante della società onoraria di De Surinaamse Lettervrienden. Schouten ha realizzato un diorama tridimensionale unico che raffigura gli indiani dei Caraibi nel loro ambiente naturale sul fiume. Gli indiani esposti in un modo che sembra molto reale, il lavoro è persino intrecciato con ramoscelli e muschio secco. Questo è l'unico diorama conosciuto di Hendrik Schouten. Suo fratello maggiore Gerrit Schouten (1779-1839) divenne un noto artista, che realizzò oltre quaranta diorami.

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