Abraham Bloemaert Theagenes Receiving the Palm of Honour from Chariclea
Zu sehen in Saal 16
Stadholder Frederik Hendrik and his wife Amalia van Solms commissioned a series of paintings of classical subjects from Abraham Bloemaert. This is one of them. He made this large, brightly coloured painting for their hunting lodge, the Honselaarsdijk Palace.
It shows Theagenes winning a race in the Greek city of Delphi. He is receiving the palm of honour from Chariclea and kissing her hand, at which moment the couple spontaneously fall in love. The story is a reference to the love between Frederik Hendrik and Amalia.
Theagenes Receiving the Palm of Honour from Chariclea
Objektname
painting
Inventarnummer
16
Zu sehen in
Saal 16
Material und technische Daten
Technik
oil
Material
canvas
Maße
157.2 x 157.7 cm
Inschriften
Signed and dated
lower left: A Bloemaert. fe: / 1626
Bears inscription
lower left: N 43
Ursprung
Stadholder Frederik Hendrik, Honselaarsdijk Palace, Naaldwijk, 1626; thence by descent to Stadholder William II; Stadholder-King William III; Stadholder Johan Willem Friso, the Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn; Nationale Konst-Gallery, The Hague, 1800; transferred, 1822
