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Rear View of Berckenrode Castle in Heemstede after the Fire
Also titled De achterzijde van het slot Berckenrode in Heemstede na de brand
Jan ten Compe (Amsterdam, 1713–1761)
1747
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 39 cm x width 52 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
When William IV was elevated to stadtholder of Holland in 1747, the inhabitants of Berckenrode Castle held a celebration. The castle’s owner, Matthias Lestevenon, was an Orangist and would later become one of William IV’s advisers. The bonfire that was lit on 4 May set the castle ablaze and destroyed it. Lestevenon later rebuilt the castle in a new style.
