Stadtholder Prince William v, Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, 1789

Stadtholder Prince William v, Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, 1789

parchment (animal material), h 62.7cm × w c.52.4cm × w 10.3kg More details

Under pressure from fierce opposition to his rule, Stadtholder William V and his family fled The Hague in 1785. They returned two years later and the stadtholder’s authority was restored. This provided the occasion to commission a series of portraits of the members of his family from the portraitist Tischbein. The artist produced a fashionable group of oval portraits in pastel. The giltwood frames were made by the Hague framemaker Hendrik Ebbens.

On display in room 1.10

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