CIRCA 1813

Details

A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME TILE PICTURES
CIRCA 1813
Each comprised of six tiles, painted with manganese horses in a landscape with riders in blue, the first labeled Frederica Louise Wilhelmina Koningin der Nederlanden Geb: Princes Van Pruyssen, the second labeled Willem de Koning der Nederlanden Prins van Oranje Nassau, in ebonized wood frames
17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) high, 12 ½ in. (31.8 cm.) wide

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 4 July 1996, lot 323.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

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Lot Essay

The present tile pictures depict Willem Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau and later King of The Netherlands (1772-1843) and his wife Friederike Luise Wilhelmine of Prussia (1774-1837). It is possible that these were produced to show support for the Prince, who had been in exile since 1795 after the French invasion under Napoleon, as he moved to return to The Netherlands and become king following the withdrawal of the French in 1813.

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