Allegory of the Farewell of William III from Amalia van Solms following the transfer of Regency to the States General, Theodoor van Thulden, 1661

Identification

Title(s)

Allegory of the Farewell of William III from Amalia van Solms following the transfer of Regency to the States General

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4654

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘T. van Thulden Fecit 1661’

Description

Allegorie op het afscheid van Willem III van Amalia van Solms na de overdracht van het regentschap aan de Staten-Generaal. Allegorie op de prins van Oranje, de latere Willem III, als toekomstig stadhouder. Geheel links de lege stadhoudersstoel, rechts daarvan Amalia van Solms. Rechts bestijgt de prins, geholpen door Minerva, de trappen van een tempel, waarvan de poort is omlijst met de wapens van de Zeven Verenigde Provincieën en de tekens van de dierenriem. Rechts voor stroom- of riviergoden, links dansende allegorische figuren met de vrijheidshoed op een lans,

Creation

Artist

painter: Theodoor van Thulden

Dating

1661

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 115 cm × width 97 cm

Subject

What

When

1660 - 1665

Who

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 12-Mar-1974

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; purchased by Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, 1937;{Letter to the museum from Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, 16 July 1974; file RMA.} sold to a private collector, Klosterneuburg, near Vienna, March 1942;{Letter to the museum from Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, 16 July 1974; file RMA.} …; with Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, 1946; …; anonymous sale, Vienna (Dorotheum), 12 March 1974 sqq., no. 136, fl. 22,404, to the museum

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Rubens and his Legacy, Arturo Galansino, Nico Van Hout, Katia Pisvin, p. 103, cat.nr. 38
Dans la lumière de Rubens : peintres baroques des Pays-Bas du Sud, Patrick Ramade, p. 89-91, cat.nr. 47
Meesters van het zuiden : barokschilders rondom Rubens, Paul Huys Janssen, Marc de Beyer, Axel Heinrich, Hans Vlieghe, cat.nr. 57
Theodoor van Thulden : een Zuidnederlandse barokschilder ('s-Hertogenbosch 1606-1669) = Theodoor van Thulden : un peintre baroque du cercle de Rubens (Bois-le-Duc 1606-1669), Alain Roy, p. 247, afb. p. 249, cat.nr. 72
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 538
Album amicorum J. G. van Gelder, p. 188, afb. 7
Theodoor van Thulden 1606-1669, G.J. Schweitzer, L.G.W. Roosen, W.L.F. van de Ven, p. 6, 13
Keuze uit de aanwinsten van de afdeling Nederlandse Geschiedenis 1973-1976, p. 69, afb. 1
Marie Louise Hairs, 'Théodore van Thulden 1606-1669', Revue Belge d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de l'art 34 (1965) nr. 60 [als Allgeorie de Guillaume III, enfant de l'éta].

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