Rear View of Berckenrode Castle in Heemstede after the Fire

• Berkenrode Castle, Heemstede, after the Fire of 4-5 May 1747: Rear View
• Rear View of Berckenrode Castle in Heemstede after the Fire

SK-C-1530

signature and date: ‘J.T. Compe f. 1747.’

When William IV was elevated to stadtholder of Holland in 1747, the inhabitants of Berckenrode Castle held a celebration. The castle’s owner, Matthias Lestevenon, was an Orangist and would later become one of William IV’s advisers. The bonfire that was lit on 4 May set the castle ablaze and destroyed it. Lestevenon later rebuilt the castle in a new style.

J.W. Groesbeek, Middeleeuwse kastelen van Noord-Holland, 1981, p. 43-47.

painter: Jan ten Compe

1747

olieverf op paneel

height 39 cm x width 52 cm

On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap

Public domain

• J.W. Groesbeek, Middeleeuwse kastelen van Noord-Holland, 1981, p. 43-47.
• Documentatiemap: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt.
• B.J. van Houten, De statie Berkenrode, Heemstede 1928, p. 124-132.

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