Portrait of William I, King of the Netherlands

Joseph Paelinck (1781-1839), oil on canvas, 1819

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.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-C-1460
Dimensionsheight 227 cm x width 155.5 cm
Physical characteristicsolieverf op doek

Portrait of William I, King of the Netherlands

Identification

Title(s)
Portrait of William I, King of the Netherlands
Object type
Object number
SK-C-1460
Inscriptions / marks
- inscription: ‘Kaart van het Ryk van Bantam, Jacatra & Cheribon op het eylant Java’
- signature and date: ‘J. Paelinck Peintre de S.M. La Reine des Pays Bas à Bruxelles. 1819’
Description
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.
Catalogue reference
Kees Schulten, Kunstroof 1795-1815 : Nederlands bezit in Franse handen, Zutphen 2018, afb. p. 95.

Creation

Creation
painter: Joseph Paelinck
Dating
1819
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Material and technique

Physcial description
olieverf op doek
Material
Dimensions
height 227 cm x width 155.5 cm

This work is about

Person
Subject
Place

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
On loan from the Dienst voor 's Rijks Verspreide Kunstvoorwerpen
Ownership
Copyright
Public domain

Documentation

- Kees Schulten, Kunstroof 1795-1815 : Nederlands bezit in Franse handen, Zutphen 2018, afb. p. 95.
- Anne H. Mulder, 'Portret gezocht in de bekende lijst', Tussen de rails (1963) nov., p. 41.
- Documentatiemap.
- C. Scott, Cultural diplomacy and the heritage of empire. Negotiating post-colonial returns, Londen en New York 2020, p. 7, fig. 1.2.
- P.F. Goesin-Verhaeghe, Annales du salon de Gand et de l'école moderne des Pays-Bas, Gent 1823, p. 22-24.
- J. Immerzeel jr., Op de beeltenis des konings, geschilderd door den heer Paelinck, en naar Batavia gezonden met het schip van de heer A. van Hoboken, de vrouw Maria, Kapitein H. Wehmhoff, Rotterdam 1819.

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