Onderbroek van Hendrik Casimir

Rijksmuseum

Onderbroek van Hendrik Casimir

anonymous

Date
1630 - 1640
Medium
linen (material)
Institution
Rijksmuseum

Underpants were rare in the first half of the 17th century. Men wore long shirts whose ends were folded between their legs and tucked into the breeches. In probate inventories, we sometimes find woollen ‘underpants’, but sporadically of linen. Count Hendrik Casimir of Nassau-Dietz, governor of Friesland, is said to have worn these underpants during the battle of Hulst (Zeeland), where he was mortally wounded. As a tribute, his clothes were kept and were kept by the family and passed down through generations.

The authoritative record is held by Rijksmuseum. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.

Creator

anonymous

unknown creator of a work (do not use as value of P50; use "unknown value" instead)

All works by this person →More on Wikidata

Related across collections

Semantically similar works from Rijksmuseum and other institutions.