The Battle of Bautersem during the Ten Days’ Campaign

• The Engagement at Bautersem
• The Battle of Bautersem during the Ten Days’ Campaign

De slag bij Bautersem, 12 augustus 1831, gedurende de Tiendaagse Veldtocht

SK-A-3913

signature and date: ‘N. Pieneman 1833’

On 2 August 1831 Dutch troops invaded Belgium, which had seceded from the Netherlands in 1830. At the Battle of Bautersem, near Louvain, the horse that was ridden by the Prince of Orange, later King William II, was shot from beneath him. Nicolaas Pieneman recorded this heroic moment. Although the Ten Days’ Campaign enflamed nationalist sentiments, it ended in a truce, and Belgium remained independent.

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

painter: Nicolaas Pieneman (signed by artist)

1833

olieverf op doek

height 46 cm x width 60.5 cm

purchase 1957

Public domain

…; collection family De Pesters;{Note RMA.} from whom to the dealer Bekker, Zeist;{Note RMA.} from whom, fl. 1,200, to the museum, 1957

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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

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