Equestrian statue of Stadtholder-King William III
Also titled Ruiterstandbeeld van stadhouder-koning Willem III
c. 1736
- Medium
- bronze (metal), wood (plant material)
- Classification
- sculpture
- Dimensions
- height 36.3 cm x height 25 cm x width 26.3 cm x depth 13.8 cm x weight 3.9 kg
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- 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
After invading England, William III and Mary became its joint king and queen in 1689. William also remained stadtholder of the Netherlands. This small equestrian statue, modelled on a sculpture now in Bristol, shows the king in the guise of a Roman general. In reality, William was a poor horseman. In 1702 he fell from his horse and died from his injuries.
