# Rear View of Berckenrode Castle in Heemstede after the Fire

- By: Jan ten Compe (Amsterdam, 1713–1761)
- Date: 1747
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 39 cm x width 52 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-1530--a59285326f2ecedd7f3c1afae9f728b3)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/1b349edd521f9b31f4fb8388f45410f2.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.