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Envelop behoort bij een brief van de keizer van Marokko
1686-09-20
- Medium
- velvet (fabric weave)
- Classification
- letter
- Dimensions
- length 50 cm x width 12.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Algemeen Rijksarchief
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Diplomatic stationary, second half 17th century. Special envelopes were used for diplomatic correspondence. The velvet envelope contained a letter (dated 20 September 1686) from the emperor of Morocco to the States General concerning deliveries of weapons from the Republic. The silk envelope contained a letter sent in 1668 by the Dutch representative in Constantinople (Istanbul), Justinus Coljer, to the States General. The painting above shows a Russian diplomatic delegation at the Binnenhof in The Hague bearing a sealed envelope. On loan from Algemeen Rijksarchief, Den Haag.
