The Departure of a Dignitary from Middelburg

The Departure of a Dignitary from Middelburg

Het vertrek van Robert Sidney uit de haven van Middelburg in 1616.

SK-A-1775

signature and date, bottom centre: ‘AV VENNE 1615’

All of Middelburg has turned out to watch the warship De Zeehondt is being towed out of the harbour, towards the sea, with the help of four sturdy draught horses. Someone of distinction is leaving here, because even Stadholder Maurice’s yacht takes part: it is firing a gun salute. The presence of an African child on the middle ship is notable.

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

painter: Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne

1615

olieverf op paneel

height 63.2 cm x width 131.6 cm

D. Franken Bequest, Le Vésinet

bequest 1898-06

Public domain

...; bequeathed to the museum by Daniel Franken Dzn (1838-98), Amsterdam and Le Vésinet, 1898

• Documentatiemap: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).
• P. Hecht, 'Daniël Franken : genereus en bescheiden', Bulletin van de Vereniging Rembrandt 24 (2014), afb. p. 11.

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