# Bust of King-Stadtholder William III

- By: De Metaale Pot
- Date: c. 1695 - c. 1700
- Medium: earthenware, tin glaze, faience
- Classification: bust
- Dimensions: height 41.5 cm x width 24 cm x depth 9 cm
- Credit line: Gift of the heirs of J.F. Loudon, The Hague
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-NM-12400-93--4067afb5eff08444ca8d5d343d369df5)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/bCrKl/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

After De Metaale Pot hired a French modeller, it succeeded in becoming the first pottery factory in the Netherlands to produce large sculptural earthenware objects. The modeller’s influence is visible in the way in which the drapery folds around the shoulders of this portrait bust are rendered.