Courtly Procession before Abspoel Castle
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40 x 68in. (101.6 x 172.7cm) 40 x 67 1/4 in. (101.6 x 170.82 cm) (sight) 51 1/2 x 79 x 2 3/4 in. (130.81 x 200.66 x 6.99 cm) (outer frame)
- Genre
- Painting
Tags
netherlands
About
Esaias van de Velde was one of the pioneers of 17th-century Dutch realism and rarely depicted contemporary events. Here he portrays Prince Maurice, a stadholder of the United Provinces (essentially a governor of Dutch Republic), and the noblewoman Margaretha van Mechelen departing from her family home, Castle Abtspoel, seen in the distance.