File:Jan Willem Pieneman - De Slag bij Waterloo 001.JPG
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[edit]Jan Willem Pieneman: The Battle of Waterloo
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The Battle of Waterloo  |
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painting |
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history painting |
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| Description |
The Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. View of the battle field on the moment that the British commander Wellington receives the message that help from Prussian troops is underway. Bottom left the wounded Prince of Orange is being carried away. The commanders and other officers are depicted in the center on horseback. Bottom right a number of wounded and dead soldiers. In the background the battle is raging. The people portrayed include Lord Uxbridge, Sir Rowland Hill, Staff Colonel Sir William Delancey, Major-General George Cooke, Colonel Harvey, Colonel Campbell, lieutenant-general Don Miquel de Alava, lieutenant-colonel F.C. Ponsonby, Major William Thornhill, Jean Victor, baron De Constant de Rebeque, Colonel Sir John Elley, lieutenant-colonel Aberson, General-major A.K.J.G. d'Aubremé, Captain Aberson, Captain H. Roepel, Colonel H. Detmers, Major J.L.D. van der Smissen, Lieutenant-colonel A. van Thielen, Lieutenant-colonel Jhr. W.F. Boreel, Lieutenant-general D.H. Baron Chassé, Colonel Sir G.A. Wood, General Major J.B. Baon van Merlen, Lieutenant-general Ch. von Alten, Major General Sir Colin Halkett, Lieutenant-Colonel William George Harris, Captain C. Nepveu, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, H.D. Graaf De Cruquenbourg, N.C. Ampt, General-Major Jhr. A.D. Trip, John William Fremantle, General-Major Graaf van Rheede, Major-General Lord Edward Somerset, Charles Gordon Lennox, Lord March, Colonel Dennis Pack, Major P.S.R. van Hooff, Major-general John Ormsby Vandeleur, Major Georg, Freiherr Baring, Colonel C. Von Ompteda, Colonel L.J.H.F. De Caylar and Général de Division Cambronne, Maréchal de Camp. |
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| Date | 1824 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 567 cm (18.6 ft); width: 823 cm (27 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Room 1.12 |
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SK-A-1115 |
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| Place of creation | Amsterdam (?) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
1824: purchased by William I of the Netherlands (1772-1843), The Hague, from Jan Willem Pieneman, Amsterdam |
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Signature and date bottom right: J.W. Pieneman 1824
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Anonymous, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as The Battle of Waterloo, height: 567 cm (18.6 ft); width: 823 cm (27 ft). Anonymous, RKDimages, Art-work number 32846, as Battle of Waterloo on the 18th of June 1815, height: 576 cm (18.8 ft); width: 836 cm (27.4 ft) Bergvelt, E. (1984) ‘Nationale, levende en 19e-eeuwse meesters : Rijksmusea en eigentijdse kunst (1800-1848)’, Nederlands Kunsthistorische Jaarboek, vol. 35, p. 101, ill. 27. Lee, A. van (1852) 'J.W. Pieneman en zijne werken', Album der Schoone Kunsten : romantiesch, kritiesch en historiesch tijdschrift voor Hollandsche en Vlaamsche letterkunde en kunst, vol. 3, pp. 17-24. Rappard, W.F. (2001) ‘De Nationale bestemming van J.W. Pienemans tweede grote historieschilderij "De Slag bij Waterloo"’, Jaarboek Oranje-Nassau Museum, pp. 77-91. Wilde, F.G. de (1974) Uniformkundige beschrijving van het schilderij voorstellende de veldslag bij Waterloo, 18 juni 1815, door J.W. Pieneman. |
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