Object data
bronze
height 61 cm × width 30 cm × depth 25.2 cm × weight 59 kg
Enthoven & Co., after Louis Royer
Bust of King William I (1772-1843)
The Hague, Netherlands, 1833
Inscriptions
- inscription, on the front: crowned W
- inscription, on the right side: Enthoven te 's-Gravenhage 1833.
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1320
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Bronze bust of King William I, bare-chested, with a crowned W as the royal cypher at the front.
This bronze is a replica of the original marble bust in the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, which is signed and dated by the artist.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, p. 173; Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum 1973, p. 311, no. 445
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Enthoven & Co., Bust of King William I (1772-1843), The Hague, 1833', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.245122
(accessed 5 October 2024 10:26:55).