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‘The Illuminations on the Hogesluis Celebrating the Birth of the Young Prince’
Also titled ‘De illuminatie op den hooge sluis ter gelegenheid der geboorte van de jonge prins’
Christiaan Andriessen (Amsterdam, 1775–1846)
1805 - 1808
- Medium
- paper, deck paint
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 128 mm x width 173 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- 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
Between 1806 and 1810 Louis Napoleon was the king of Holland. On the occasion of the birth of his son on 20 April 1808, an obelisk was erected on the Hogesluis (a stone bridge) in Amsterdam and illuminated with Chinese lanterns. The decorations of the Hogesluis were largely made by Andriessen together with his father and uncle, and so he may well have beheld this sight with a sense of pride.
