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Portraits of the stadtholder’s family
Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, 1785 - 1795
Under pressure from fierce opposition to his rule, Stadtholder William V and his family fled The Hague in 1785. They returned two years later and the stadtholder’s authority was restored. This provided the occasion to commission a series of portraits of the members of his family from the portraitist Tischbein. The artist produced a fashionable group of oval portraits in pastel. The giltwood frames were made by the Hague framemaker Hendrik Ebbens.
- Artwork typedrawing, pastel
- Object numberSK-A-411
- Dimensionsheight 62.5 cm x width 52.5 cm, weight 8.5 kg
- Physical characteristicspastel op perkament