# The Legation from the Tsar of Muscovy on its Way to a Meeting of the States-General in The Hague

- By: Sybrand van Beest (ca. –1674)
- Date: c. 1631 - 1632
- Medium: oil paint (paint), oak (wood)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: outer size: depth 3 cm (support incl. frame)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-1633--24442cfde10c815701c7c95e7f6b3c5d)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/a64fa7c4a46d6a87108d9dd188b7c135.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.