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Artist:
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Esaias van de Velde
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Title:
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Courtly Procession before Abstpoel Castle
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Date:
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1619
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Medium:
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Oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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40 x 68in. (101.6 x 172.7cm)
40 x 67 1/4 in. (101.6 x 170.82 cm) (sight)
51 1/2 x 79 x 2 3/4 in. (130.81 x 200.66 x 6.99 cm) (outer frame)
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Credit Line:
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The Walter H. and Valborg P. Ude Memorial Fund and bequest of Miss Tessie Jones, by exchange
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Location:
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Gallery 312
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Esaias van de Velde, one of the pioneers of 17th century Dutch realism, rarely depicted contemporary events. Here he portrays Prince Maurice (1567-1625), stadholder of the United Provinces, and Margaretha van Mechelen departing from her family home, Castle Abtspoel, seen in the distance.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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van de Velde, Esaias
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Nationality:
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Dutch
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Life Dates:
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Dutch, 1587 - 1630
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Signature and Date LL: [E. V. Velde. 1619]
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Physical Description:
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Courtly procession on a tree-lined road, moated castle in left distance. Large coulisse tree in left foreground, open hillside before woods beyond at right. Man in center foreground standing on his head. The work depicts Margaretha van Mechelen riding out with Prince Maurits near Abspoel House in the vicinity of Oegstgeest.
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Netherlands, , ,
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Accession #:
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83.122
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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