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Gerard van Honthorst Showing Amalia of Solms the Drawings of his Pupil Louise of Bohemia
Also titled Gerard van Honthorst toont Amalia van Solms de tekeningen van zijn leerlinge Louise van Bohemen
Hendrik Jacobus Scholten (Amsterdam, 1824–1907)
1854
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 9.1 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- R., Baron van Lynden Bequest, The Hague
- 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
Amalia of Solms and Louise of Bohemia were very active in the 17th-century art world. Louise was taught by the then famous painter Gerard van Honthorst and mainly painted portraits. Amalia was the most important female patron in the 17th century. As the wife of Prince Frederick Henry of Orange, she had several palaces built and decorated by prominent artists such as Van Honthorst. Here we see her admiring the work of Louise of Bohemia
