Staande Alfoerse vrouw c. 1837 - 1854

"Staande Alfoerse vrouw" (Standing Alfurs Woman) is a watercolor painting by Ernest Alfred Hardouin, a Dutch artist born in 1820 and who died tragically young in 1853. The painting depicts a woman of the Alfurs tribe, an indigenous people of the Maluku Islands, Indonesia. The woman is depicted standing in a simple, frontal pose, with a gentle, neutral expression. The delicate watercolor washes create a soft, naturalistic effect. The artwork is currently held in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and is a valuable visual record of an indigenous people group from Indonesia. The artwork offers insights into 19th-century artistic depictions of diverse cultures.