William I, Prince of Orange, Lying in State
Also titled Willem I, prins van Oranje, op zijn praalbed
Hendrick de Keyser (I) (Utrecht, 1565–1621)
1613 - 1614
- Medium
- terracotta (clay material)
- Classification
- model
- Dimensions
- height 10.5 cm x width 61.8 cm x depth 25.8 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
This terracotta is the model for the life-size marble statue that is the focal point of the tomb of William of Orange in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft. William was assassinated in 1584. The dead prince is portrayed in a surprisingly informal fashion: he wears a fur-lined tabard and a nightcap, a favourite garb for scholars in their study. He seems to be lying down for just a moment to rest.
