Stadtholder Prince William v

Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, 1789

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-408
  • Dimensionsweight 10.3 kg, height 62.7 cm x width 52.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicspastel op perkament