# Prince’s Day

- By: Jan Havicksz. Steen (Leiden, ca. –1679)
- Date: 1660 - 1679
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 46 cm x width 62.5 cm
- Credit line: Dupper Wzn. Bequest, Dordrecht
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-384--4e7e83f2ca92a1a3dba02fce8728d83f)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/JXVQd/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Prince’s Day! This popular feast-day celebrated the birthday (14 November 1650) of Prince William III of Orange-Nassau. How this was done is explained on the piece of paper on the floor in the middle foreground. This translates as: ‘To the health of the Nassau laddie, in one hand a rapier, and in the other a glass raised gladly.’ This is sure to boost spirits; the revellers take no notice of the portrait of the prince ‘overlooking’ the scene.