Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, Princes Maurice and Frederick Henry at the Valkenburg Horse Fair
Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamView original →
Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne

Princes Maurice and Frederick Henry at the Valkenburg Horse Fair

1618

Current Collection

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Medium
panel
Dimensions
54.2 × 133.5 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-105722

Van de Venne uses the arrival of Prince Maurice and his younger brother Frederick Henry – in a carriage drawn by six grey horses – to underscore the contrast between the elegant conduct of Hague courtiers and the boorish manners of the peasants. The artist captures the atmosphere of the fair with vignettes of a singer and a woman selling fruit and vegetables whose purse is being picked.

Registry history

  • 1618 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum

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