Jan van Huchtenburgh: Equestrian Portrait of Hendrik Casimir II (1657-1696)
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Artist |
Jan van Huchtenburgh
(–1733) |
Alternative names |
Johann van Huchtenburg, Johannes van Huchtenburg, Jan van Huchtenburgh, Jan van Hughtenburgh, Jan van Hugtenburg, Jan van Hugtenburgh |
Description |
Dutch painter, drawer, printmaker and art dealer |
Date of birth/death |
20 November 1647 (baptised) |
2 July 1733 (buried) |
Location of birth/death |
Haarlem |
Amsterdam |
Work period |
from 1674 until 1733 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1674-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1733-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Work location |
Haarlem, Rome (1666-1667), Paris (1667-1669), Haarlem (1669-circa 1676 date QS:P,+1676-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 ), Amsterdam (circa 1676 date QS:P,+1676-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 -1733), Italy (1708-1709), Düsseldorf (1711), The Hague (1719-1720) |
Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q324288 |
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Title |
Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, in a Battle label QS:Len,"Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, in a Battle"
label QS:Lnl,"Hendrik Casimir II, vorst van Nassau-Dietz, bij een veldslag" |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
equestrian portrait |
Description |
Equestrian portrait of Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, as commander in a battle. Behind him an officer is riding with his sword raised. On the foreground a black boy with the prince's helmet. On the ground dead and wounded soldiers are laying as well as a drum and a banner. To the right the battle itself can be seen through clouds of smoke. |
Date |
1692 date QS:P571,+1692-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 121 cm (47.6 in); width: 165 cm (64.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,121U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,165U174728 |
Collection |
Rijksmuseum
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Native name |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam |
Location |
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Coordinates |
52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E |
Established |
1800 |
Website |
rijksmuseum.nl |
Authority file |
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institution QS:P195,Q190804 |
Current location |
Room 2.22 |
Accession number |
SK-C-1226 |
Place of creation |
Amsterdam |
Object history |
by 1757/1763: William V, Prince of Orange-Nassau (1748-1806), Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn, ‘Slaapkamer van Sr. Hoogheyd den heere prins’, Inventory number 65, as ‘Pins Hendrik Casimir op een wit paard door Hughtenburgh ... 4 [voet] 2 [duim ×] 5 [voet] 9 [duim]’
by 1800date QS:P,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Nationale Konst-galerij, Huis ten Bosch, The Hague
1822: ownership transferred to the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, Inventory number 67
1933: lent to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Inventory number SK-C-1226, by the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague
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Exhibition history |
Oranje op de bres, Legermuseum, Delft, 7 May 1989–13 August 1989.
De Friese Nassaus, Category:Fries Museum and Princessehof, Leeuwarden, 28 January 2003–10 June 2003.
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Inscriptions |
Signature and date bottom center:
Hugtenburgh f. 1692
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References |
AnonymousUnknown author, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, in a Battle.
AnonymousUnknown author, Mauritshuis online catalogue, as Equestrian Portrait of Hendrik Casimir II (1657-1696).
AnonymousUnknown author, RKDimages, Art-work number 280695, as Hendrik Casimir II van Nassau-Dietzin a battle
Pieter J. J. van Thiel et al. (1976) All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Maarssen: Gary Schwartz, ISBN 90-6179-010-7, p. 292, cat. no. C 1226, with image in black and white.
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Source/Photographer |
www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info : Pic |
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