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The Legation from the Tsar of Muscovy on its Way to a Meeting of the States-General in The Hague
Also titled Het gezantschap van de Tsaar van Moscovië op weg naar de Statenvergadering in Den Haag
Sybrand van Beest (ca. –1674)
c. 1631 - 1632
- Medium
- oil paint (paint), oak (wood)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- outer size: depth 3 cm (support incl. frame)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. 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.
