# Portrait of William IV

- By: Jacques-André-Joseph Aved (1702–1766)
- Date: 1751
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 107.5 cm x width 67.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-6--e9a6374382e1a1b58f490d2d25271d8f)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/4e7ca7909758666720de68fe30e612dd.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Stadtholder William IV is shown as Captain-General and Admiral-General of the Dutch Republic. He wears the decorations of the Order of the Garter. Despite all the trappings of power, the French painter Aved did not succeed in depicting him as an impressive ruler. The portrait was finished in the year that the prince died.