Theagenes Receiving the Palm of Honour from Chariclea
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Abraham Bloemaert Theagenes Receiving the Palm of Honour from Chariclea
On view in Room 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
Object name
painting
Inventory number
16
On view in
Room 16
Material and technical details
Technique
oil
Material
canvas
Dimensions
157.2 x 157.7 cm
Inscriptions
Signed and dated
lower left: A Bloemaert. fe: / 1626
Bears inscription
lower left: N 43
Provenance
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
