Kassian Céphas1845–1912A Gamelan Orchestra for a Shadow Puppet Performance
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the work
Céphas was commissioned to photograph important rituals and performances at the royal palace (kraton) of Yogyakarta. Here a gamelan orchestra accompanies a wayang kulit play, in which the shadows of skilfully carved leather dolls are projected onto a screen. Such shows usually took place at night.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-F-2001-17-70
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 7 days ago
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
