Portrait of William I, King of the Netherlands, Joseph Paelinck, 1819

Portrait of William I, King of the Netherlands, Joseph Paelinck, 1819

oil on canvas, h 227cm × w 155.5cm More details

After the Battle of Waterloo, William Frederick, prince of Orange-Nassau and son of Stadholder William V, was inaugurated as King William I in 1815. Here he wears the full-dress uniform of a general, with the royal ermine cloak over it. He points to a map of Java in what was then the Dutch East Indies, where the portrait came to hang in the governor’s palace in 1821.

On display in room 1.12 Visit via the Highlights 1800-1900 tour

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