Portret van een Soendanese man c. 1921

Willem Witsen's "Portret van een Soendanese man" (c. 1921) is a striking portrait of a man wearing a traditional headdress. The artwork, housed in the Rijksmuseum, utilizes a unique technique of etching on a copper plate, resulting in a textured, almost three-dimensional effect. The artist's masterful use of light and shadow brings out the subject's features with a sense of depth and realism, making this a powerful example of Witsen's later style, characterized by a more expressive and evocative approach to portraiture.