‘People Are Here Being Crushed for the Love of Art’

‘People Are Here Being Crushed for the Love of Art’

RP-T-1950-94

annotation: ‘Uit kunstliefde wordt men hier plat gedrongen. De 3e dag der Expositie op het Paleis.’

To stimulate Dutch art appreciation, Louis Napoleon (the king of Holland between 1806 and 1810) took the initiative of organizing exhibitions of works by contemporary Dutch artists. The first of them, depicted here, was mounted in the Royal Palace on Dam Square and flooded with visitors. On the day of the opening of this exhibition, the palace also opened the Royal Museum, the predecessor of the Rijksmuseum, which was accommodated there as well.

draughtsman: Christiaan Andriessen, Amsterdam

1808

potlood, penseel in waterverf in kleuren

height 126 mm x width 179 mm

In het Konklijk Paleis op de Dam werd jaarlijks een kunsttentoonstelling gehouden. Het gelijktijdig geopende Koninklijk Museum in het Paleis is de voorloper van het Rijksmuseum.

On loan from the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten

Public domain

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200189666