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Portrait of Willem Bilderdijk
The poet and scholar Willem Bilderdijk was a committed monarchist, so in 1795 he refused to submit to French Republican rule in the Netherlands. He was exiled, but allowed to return under King Louis Napoleon. On the table is Bilderdijk’s uncompleted epic poem, The Destruction of the First World, written for Louis Napoleon. Sixth months later, the King abdicated, and Bilderdijk was once again depri…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/48C93
- http://iconclass.org/49L5
- http://iconclass.org/49M32
- Book
- Bilderdijk, Willem
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/48C93
- http://iconclass.org/49L5
- http://iconclass.org/49M32
- Book
- Bilderdijk, Willem
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1810
- 1810
Place-Time
- first quarter 19th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.7389
- SK-A-1453
Extent
- height 79 cm
- width 63 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1810
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:13:24.436Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:21.893Z