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The Batavians Surround the Romans at Vetera
Also titled De Bataven sluiten de Romeinen bij Vetera in
Otto van Veen (Leiden, 1556–1629)
1600 - 1613
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 38 cm x width 52 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
In 1613, the Dutch parliament (States General) commissioned Otto van Veen to paint twelve paintings depicting the revolt of the Batavians against the Romans in AD 69 and 70. These were displayed in Binnenhof, the central government building in The Hague. In the early years of the Dutch Republic, many compared their own revolt against Spain to the Batavian uprising.
