Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Submission of the Prince to the General

 
Original - The scene on The Submission of Prince Dipo Negoro to General De Kock (1830) marks the end of the Java War in the Dutch East Indies; painted by Nicolaas Pieneman.
Reason
This painting shows the arrest of Prince Diponegoro by General de Kock in 1830, which marks the end of the Java War (1825–1830) in the Dutch East Indies. The scene symbolizes colonialism: the colonial power rules over the indigenous people in the colony. The painting was made by Nicolaas Pieneman, and is now in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
Articles this image appears in
Java War, Diponegoro, Hendrik Merkus de Kock, Dutch East Indies
Creator
Nicolaas Pieneman

Not promoted MER-C 09:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]