schreuel is believed to have painted the portrait of the javanese artist raden saleh, who was then studying in europe, that is now in the rijksmuseum in amsterdam. the painting dates to before 1841, because saleh is depicted dressed as a european dandy, not as a javanese prince, which was how he dressed beginning in that year. the painting was first recorded at the dresden academy exhibition, at which it was a critical success. however, it has also been attributed to saleh himself; in 2005 the rijksmuseum was still referring to the work as a self-portrait. the pose is one traditional in self-portraits, and no other portraits by schreuel are known to have survived, while the style of his miniatures is different; however, this would be the only unsigned painting by saleh, he knew schreuel (whom he called 'schruil'), and the brushwork is freer than is characteristic of his work. according to the tropenmuseum, they have the only known self-portrait by saleh.