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The Rapenburg in Leiden
Also titled Het Rapenburg in Leiden
Carel Lodewijk Hansen (Amsterdam, 1765–1840)
1807
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 94.5 cm x width 125.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- 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
On 12 January 1807 a ship laden with 37,000 pounds of gunpowder exploded in the centre of Leiden. It was a national disaster: 150 people died and many houses were destroyed. King Louis Napoleon, shown at left among Leiden city officials, acted like a true father to his subjects. Three days after the explosion, he visited the scene and organized financial help. This made him very popular with the Dutch.
