Prince Maurice at the Battle of Nieuwpoort, 2 July 1600

Prince Maurice at the Battle of Nieuwpoort, 2 July 1600

SK-A-664

signature, bottom centre: ‘P[...] van hill[..]aert’

Prince Maurice at the battle of Nieuwpoort, 2 July 1600, by Pauwels van Hillegaert, first half 17th century. It was at Nieuwpoort, on the Flemish coast, that the Dutch won their first major victory over a Spanish army on foreign soil. No advantage could be taken of the success, however. The army was too far from its home base and was forced to return. In the centre foreground: Prince Maurice, the Dutch commander, in armour on horse back. He is wearing an orange sash. The battle is shown in the second plane. Above, a golden sky looms.

Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

painter: Pauwels van Hillegaert (signed by artist)

c. 1632 - c. 1640

olieverf op paneel

• height 80.9 cm x width 116.6 cm
• depth 3.5 cm

purchase 1878

Public domain

...; sale, Madame Van Loon-van Winter (†) et al. [section Madame Van Loon-van Winter], Amsterdam (C.F. Roos et al.), 26 February 1878, no. 5, fl. 1,600, to the museum;{RANH, ARS, IS, inv. 161, no. 232 (25 February 1878); RANH, ARS, IS, inv. 161, no. 233 (25 February 1878); RANH, ARM, Kop, inv. 39, p. 251, no. 20 (26 February 1878).} on loan to the Oranje-Nassau Museum, The Hague, 1926-32

Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20027173