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Allegory of the Young William III as Successor to the House of Orange-Nassau

Drawing
c.1655 (made)
Artist/Maker
Thulden, Theodoor Van (artist)
Place of origin
Holland (drawn)

Interior of the Temple of Peace, Time introducing a youthful prince to the Houses of Nassau and Orange. Hymen is seen above; Pen and brown ink, on paper; Text on the reverse.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleAllegory of the Young William III as Successor to the House of Orange-Nassau (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, on paper
Pen
Brown Ink
Brown Wash
Paper
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Drawing 'Allegory of the Young William III as Successor to the House of Orangenassau', by Theodoor van Thulden, pen and brown ink, c.1655
Physical description
Interior of the Temple of Peace, Time introducing a youthful prince to the Houses of Nassau and Orange. Hymen is seen above; Pen and brown ink, on paper; Text on the reverse.
Dimensions
  • Height: 123mm
  • Width: 133 mm
Style
Dutch School
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscriptions by artist on recto
  • Inscribed on verso by the artist, in brown ink, Dit is daer Oranie & Nassau sitten op hooge trappe van / eer en deugt. Atropos haer heeft afgeplukt den / Enigen Oranien Tack. Het goddelyck bestier brengt h[aer?] weder eenen andere met een veersken uyt Virgilius (see inscription on recto) / dat daer wel op past. Soo(?) wel gemeynt als doen / den prins doot was den jongen prins haest weder / uytsproot. de blyschap nempt haer het Rou[w] / voil af; an additional note below, in brown ink, Was by naer als den graft / Dona in schetse van my h[eeft?].; and, separately, in graphite, 2.
    Translation
    (‘Orange and Nassau are seated on the high steps of Honour and Virtue. Atropos has uprooted the stem of Orange. God’s Providence brings another, with an appropriate verse from Virgil to the effect that when the prince was dead the the young prince was nearly born. Gladness takes the veil of mourning from them’)...(‘[This] is nearly the same as the sketch of mine possessed by Count Dohna’)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Benjamin West (1738–1820), London, his sale, London, Sotheby's, 11 May 1836, lot 30 'JORDAENS. A series of five designs relating to the history of Holland, bistre wash' (to 'Palser'); Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. 2503 on verso), 1869.
Subjects depicted
Temple
Prince
Time
Hymen
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol. II, cat.557, pp.478-79
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.491

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
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