Tethart Philip Christian Haag

Orang-utan from the Zoo of Stadholder Willem V, Picking an Apple

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Tethart Philip Christian Haag
Orang-utan from the Zoo of Stadholder Willem V, Picking an Apple

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General information
Artist Tethart Philip Christian Haag (Kassel 1737 - 1812 The Hague)
Title Orang-utan from the Zoo of Stadholder Willem V, Picking an Apple
Object name painting
Inventory number 813
Material and technical details
Technique oil
Material canvas
Dimensions 174 x 110.5 cm
Inscriptions
Signed and dated lower right: TPCHaag Pinx. Ad viv. / 1777
TPCH in ligature

Provenance

Presumably made for William V to decorate a building in his zoo at Voorburg; found in the attic of the Mauritshuis, 1933; on long-term loan to the the Het Loo Palace Nationaal Museum, Apeldoorn (this loan proceeded via the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage, until 2013)