Courtly Procession before Abspoel Castle

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Courtly Procession before Abspoel Castle

Esaias van de Velde I

Date
1619
Medium
Oil on canvas
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Esaias van de Velde was one of the pioneers of 17th-century Dutch realism and rarely depicted contemporary events. Here he portrays Prince Maurice, a stadholder of the United Provinces (essentially a governor of Dutch Republic), and the noblewoman Margaretha van Mechelen departing from her family home, Castle Abtspoel, seen in the distance. Netherlands, Europe

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