Portret van een Soendanese man 1920

This charcoal drawing by Dutch artist Willem Witsen, titled "Portret van een Soendanese man" (Portrait of a Sundanese Man), is a realistic depiction of a man from the Sunda region of West Java, Indonesia. The subject wears a traditional headdress, his gaze is direct and thoughtful, and the artist's precise lines capture his features with sensitivity. This intimate portrait was created in 1920, just three years before Witsen's death, and is now housed in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.