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Portrait of William I, King of the Netherlands

Joseph Paelinck · 1819 · canvas; oil paint (paint)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

After the Battle of Waterloo, William Frederick, prince of Orange-Nassau and son of Stadholder William V, was inaugurated as King William I in 1815. Here he wears the full-dress uniform of a general, with the royal ermine cloak over it. He points to a map of Java in what was then the Dutch East Indies, where the portrait came to hang in the governor’s palace in 1821.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

painting William I of the Netherlands Militaire Willemsorde historical persons throne king Batavia

Credit linePortrait of William I, King of the Netherlands. 1819. Joseph Paelinck. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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