Allegory of the Farewell of William III from Amalia van Solms following the transfer of Regency to the States General

Allegory of the Farewell of William III from Amalia van Solms following the transfer of Regency to the States General

SK-A-4654

Allegorie op het afscheid van Willem III van Amalia van Solms na de overdracht van het regentschap aan de Staten-Generaal. Allegorie op de prins van Oranje, de latere Willem III, als toekomstig stadhouder. Geheel links de lege stadhoudersstoel, rechts daarvan Amalia van Solms. Rechts bestijgt de prins, geholpen door Minerva, de trappen van een tempel, waarvan de poort is omlijst met de wapens van de Zeven Verenigde Provincieën en de tekens van de dierenriem. Rechts voor stroom- of riviergoden, links dansende allegorische figuren met de vrijheidshoed op een lans,

signature and date: ‘T. van Thulden Fecit 1661’

painter: Theodoor van Thulden

1661

oil on canvas

height 115 cm x width 97 cm

1660 - 1665

purchase 1974-03-12

Public domain

…; purchased by Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, 1937;{Letter to the museum from Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, 16 July 1974; file RMA.} sold to a private collector, Klosterneuburg, near Vienna, March 1942;{Letter to the museum from Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, 16 July 1974; file RMA.} …; with Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, 1946; …; anonymous sale, Vienna (Dorotheum), 12 March 1974 sqq., no. 136, fl. 22,404, to the museum

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.

Marie Louise Hairs, 'Théodore van Thulden 1606-1669', Revue Belge d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de l'art 34 (1965) nr. 60 [als Allgeorie de Guillaume III, enfant de l'éta].

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