Portrait of Willem Arnold Alting; Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company; Portrait of Willem Arnold Alting (1724-1800). Governor General (1780-97). Hip piece; standing to the right. Command staff in the right hand; in the left hand he takes a wallet from a table with some books and documents and a globe. Painted on a copper plate; originally used as a printing plate for textiles. Part of a series of portraits of the governors-general of the former Dutch East Indies; historical persons; baton of general; colonial governor; Willem Arnold Alting; Dutch East India Company; Johann Friedrich August Tischbein (mentioned on object); 1788; brass (alloy); oil paint (paint); h 108 cm x w 91.5 cm d 8 cm