Isidore van Kinsbergen | |
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| Born | Isodorus van Kinsbergen 3 September 1821 |
| Died | 10 September 1905 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | Dutch-Flemish |
| Known for | Engraving, photography |
Isodorus "Isidore" van Kinsbergen (3 September 1821 – 10 September 1905) was a Dutch-Flemish engraver who took the first archaeological and cultural photographs of Java during the Dutch East Indies period in the nineteenth century. The photographs that he produced during his visit to the colony in 1851 ranged in subject from antiquities and landscapes to portraits, court-photography, model studies and nudes. His monograph was published in black and white with a coloured quire of nearly 400 photographs.[1] His photograph of Borobudur was the first picture of the monument that showed the results of the first restoration c. 1873.
- ^ Theuns-de Boer, Gerda; Asser, Saskia & Wachlin, Steven (2005). Isidore van Kinsbergen 1821–1905: photo pioneer and theatre maker in the Dutch East Indies. Zaltbommel / Brill Academic. ISBN 978-9067182690.