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Allegory on the French Invasion of 1672
In 1672 the Netherlands was invaded by the French. That disaster is allegorically rendered in the drawing at which the seated man looks: the Dutch lion is defeated, its weapons in pieces, the gate to its enclosure broken; above, the French rooster crows triumphantly. Symbolizing the other side is the standing man with
an orange feather in his cap: he is a supporter of William III of Orange, who wo…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/44A5
- http://iconclass.org/44C312
- http://iconclass.org/49M31
- Rampjaar
- Inval in de Nederlanden
- Nederlanden
- Willem III (prins van Oranje en koning van Engeland, Schotland en Ierland)
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/44A5
- http://iconclass.org/44C312
- http://iconclass.org/49M31
- Rampjaar
- Inval in de Nederlanden
- Nederlanden
- Willem III (prins van Oranje en koning van Engeland, Schotland en Ierland)
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting
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
- 1672
- 1672
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
Provenance
- …; private collection, France;{Bok/Jansen 1995, p. 339.} sale Genin, Griffe, Le Seuil, Lyon (Hôtel des Ventes des Tuiliers), 24 October 1984, to the dealer Patrick Weiller, Paris;{Note RMA; Bok/Jansen 1995, p. 339; the sale catalogue has not been located.} anonymous sale, Monaco (Sotheby’s), 21 June 1986 sqq., no. 35, frs. 488,400, to the dealer K. & V. Waterman, Amsterdam;{Copy RKD.} from whom fl. 376,000, to J. R. Ritman, 1986-1995;{Verslagen 1995, p. 15; file RMA, letter from Dr. J. P. Filedt Kok to the board of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting, 21 June 1995.}; from whom to the dealer Robert Noortman and Sotheby’s, Maastricht;{Note RMA.} from whom fl. 273,573, to the museum, with support from the Rijksmuseum Stichting, 1995
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.309873
- SK-A-4910
Extent
- height 43 cm
- width 37.5 cm
Format
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1672
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:58.694Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:12.465Z