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General Daendels Taking Leave of Lieutenant-Colonel Krayenhoff
Adriaan de Lelie (mentioned on object), 1795
The French army, which had invaded the Netherlands at the request of the Dutch Patriots, had already reached Utrecht when Daendels, a Dutch general in French service, sent Krayenhoff to Amsterdam. He was to ask the city council to step aside so that a new –Patriot –government could be installed before the French arrived. The change of authority took place in Amsterdam that same evening, 18 January 1795.
- Artwork typepainting
- Object numberSK-A-2231
- Dimensionsheight 45 cm x width 60 cm
- Physical characteristicsoil on panel