Dutch Troops passing through the Fortress of Dendermonde

Dutch Troops passing through the Fortress of Dendermonde

SK-A-4664

Hollandse troepen trekken door de vestingstad Dendermonde. Rechts marcheren de soldaten over de Bogaerdbrug en gaan in de richting van de Veerstraat. Links de Scheldestraat (thans de Franz Courtensstraat) met de kade, waaraan een boot met een Hollandse vlag ligt gemeerd. Op de kade officieren te paard. Rechts een viertal huizen van de Kasteelstraat.

signature: ‘Petrus Groenia’

painter: Petrus Groenia

c. 1820

oil on canvas

• height 58 cm x width 74 cm
• depth 8.5 cm

1817 - 1828

E. Houtsma-Westenberg Bequest, Bunnik

bequest 1974

Public domain

? Collection of the artist; ? his daughter, Geertruida Aleida Cunaeus, née Groenia (1806-87), The Hague; ? her son, Petrus Everhard Cunaeus (1827-1906), Leiden; ? his daughter, Everhardine Henriette Houtsma, née Cunaeus (1863-?); ? her stepson, Nicolaas Houtsma (1885-?), Bunnik; his widow, Emma Houtsma - Westenberg (1894-1974), Bunnik; by whom bequeathed to the museum, 1975

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