Frederick Henry, his Consort Amalia of Solms, and their Three Youngest Daughters

Gerard van Honthorst, c. 1647

Amalia commissioned this painting for the palace of Huis ten Bosch. It hung next to portraits of her eldest, already married children, William II and his English bride, Mary, and Louise Henriette and Frederick William I of Brandenburg. Judicious marriages of state consolidated the position of the House of Orange among the other European royal families. Their three youngest daughters would marry German princes. Through them, Amalia’s love of Asian luxury was disseminated throughout Europe.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-874
  • Dimensionssupport: height 263.5 cm x width 347.5 cm, outer size: depth 5 cm (support incl. frame), weight 91 kg
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Portrait of Frederik Hendrik (1584-1647), Prince of Orange, his Wife Amalia van Solms (1602-1675) and their Three Youngest Daughters Albertina Agnes (1634-1696), Henrietta Catharina (1637-1708), and Maria (1642-1688)
    • Frederick Henry, his Consort Amalia of Solms, and their Three Youngest Daughters

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    SK-A-874

  • Description

    Familieportret van Frederik Hendrik, prins van Oranje met zijn vrouw Amalia van Solms en hun drie jongste dochters Albertina Agnes, Henrietta Catharina en Maria. Allen ten voeten uit, staande op een balkon, links en rechts zuilen en zware gordijnen. Boven het hoofd van de prins vliegen twee putti met lauwerkransen. Behoort bij de portretten SK-A-873 en SK-A-871.

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Creation

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    painter: Gerard van Honthorst

  • Dating

    c. 1647

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 263.5 cm x width 347.5 cm
    • outer size: depth 5 cm (support incl. frame)
    • weight 91 kg

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Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    • nationalization 1795 1798-09
    • nationalization 1795 2015-05-01
    • interne vervaardiging 1798-09
    • interne vervaardiging 2015-05-01

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; estate inventory, Huis ten Bosch, The Hague, 1668, no. 1191 (‘Een schildrije sijnde de contrefeytsels van sijn hoogheyt prins Frederick Hendrick hooglofl. memorie met haere hoogheyt ende de princessen Albertina Agneta, Henriette Catarina ende Maria, alle soo groot als ’t leven ende bij den voorschr. Honthorst gedaen’);{Drossaers/Lunsingh Scheurleer I, 1974, p. 282.} estate inventory, Huis ten Bosch, The Hague,1707, no. II (‘Frederick Hendrick h.l. mem. en sijn gemaelle’);{Drossaers/Lunsingh Scheurleer I, 1974, p. 539.} confiscated by the French, 1795; transferred to the Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen, The Hague, 1876; transferred to the museum, 1885

Documentation

    • Monique Rakhorst, 'De grootste sijn de beste' : Diamanten en parels, uit: Kunstschrift, 59, 2015, 5, pagina 46-49 - p. 49, afb. 67
    • Toon Vugts, 'Actie : De 250 rijksten van de Gouden Eeuw', Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant 32 (2006) 6, p. 24-26 (afb.).
    • Arjan de Koomen, 'Muziek in verf : Harmonisatie in het Hollandse groepsportret', Kunstschrift (2014) nr. 4, p. 45, afb. 45.
    • Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

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