Friday, October 23, 2020

A king of the House of Orange - portraits of Willem II of the Netherlands


Unknown artist, 1815.
Jan Baptist van der Hulst, 1848.
Nicolaas Pieneman, 1849.
Jan Baptist van der Hulst, 1833.
 Nicaise de Keyser, 1846.
Louis-Henri de Fontenay (?), 1840.
After John Singleton Copley, circa 1813-15.
Unknown artist, circa 1840s.
William Salter, 1840. (This very curious painting - crude to begin with, like all of Salter's work - looks also to be quite damaged, possibly by fire.)
François Joseph Kinson, 1830.
Jan Adam Kruseman, 1842.
Jan Adam Kruseman, 1840.
Willem II at his desk in the Kneuterdijk Palace, by Augustus Wijantz, 1847.
Nicolaas Pieneman, circa 1840s.

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I've written about Willem II before - his life, his wife, and other things - here.


1 comment:

  1. Interesting...the Salter painting initially reminded me of a Goya portrait. The first portrait is glorious. Thank you for sharing!

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