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Jan van Speijk Debating whether to Set Fire to the Gunpowder

During the Belgian Revolution, Jan van Speijk was in command of a Dutch gunboat. When on 5 February 1831 the ship was in danger of falling into rebel Belgian hands, he decided to set fire to a keg of gunpowder. That moment is depicted here: Van Speijk has made up his mind, and his crew take to their heels. Van Speijk’s act of courage made him a national hero in the Netherlands.

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Publisher

  • Rijksmuseum

Subject

  • http://iconclass.org/61B2
  • http://iconclass.org/46C2711
  • Belgische Revolutie
  • Belgium
  • Speijk, Jan Carel Josephus van

Type of item

  • painting
  • Art of painting

Medium

  • On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)

Publisher

  • Rijksmuseum

Subject

  • http://iconclass.org/61B2
  • http://iconclass.org/46C2711
  • Belgische Revolutie
  • Belgium
  • Speijk, Jan Carel Josephus van

Type of item

  • painting
  • Art of painting

Medium

  • On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)

Providing institution

  • Rijksmuseum

Aggregator

  • Rijksmuseum

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/

User generated content

  • false

Rights

  • Public Domain
  • Publiek Domein

Creation date

  • 1834
  • 1834

Place-Time

  • second quarter 19th century

Identifier

  • http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5415
  • SK-C-221

Extent

  • height 89 cm
  • width 75 cm

Format

  • canvas
  • oil paint (paint)
  • Canvas

Language

  • nl

Is part of

  • collection: paintings
  • collectie: schilderijen

Year

  • 1834

Providing country

  • Netherlands

Collection name

  • 90402_M_NL_Rijksmuseum

Timestamp created

  • 2014-05-27T20:17:50.936Z

Timestamp updated

  • 2018-03-17T14:38:23.481Z