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Not too many people realise that the island of Belitung has had a small yet rather remarkable relationship with Indonesian art.

Although Raden Saleh never actually went to Belitung,  in 1855 he painted a portrait of John Francis Loudon, the first administrator of the Billiton Maatschappij (Company), set on the island.

In the twentieth century, the company became quite an important enterprise, and many doctors were stationed there. Among them were collectors of fine art who brought with them their collections of paintings.

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At least one painting by the Belgian artist Adrian Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres is known to have been displayed in a doctor’s residence on the island.

Although Belitung’s beaches have always been undeniably beautiful, in the past many people were sent to the island to provide services to its residents.

Mas’ud Asaf, was a judge of Bugis and Bone descent living in Makassar. When the religious court had just been set up on the island of Belit