Engraver/Artist: Romeyn de Hooghe [Hooge] (Dutch, 1645–1708)
Title: Zijn Majesteit verwelkomt op het Binnehof — Reception de Sa Majesté dans La Cour
Date: 1691
Medium & Physical description: Etching and engraving; ink on laid paper; sheet 346 × 459 mm; frame 326 × 445 mm; margins backed.
From the book: Govert Bidloo. Komste van Zyne Majesteit Willem III. koning van Groot Britanje, enz. in Holland, of, Te omstandelyke beschryving van alles: het welke op des zelfs komste en geduurende zyn verblyf, in’s Graavenhaage en elders, ten teeken van vreugde en eere, is opgerecht en voorgevallen / vercierd met kopere platen. The Hague: Arnold Leers, 1691 (HathiTrust).
Inscriptions:
– Title banner:
Dutch (left): ZIJN MAJESTEIT | VERWELKOMT OP | HET BINNEHOF (His Majesty welcomed at the Binnenhof).
French (right): RECEPTION DE | SA MAJESTE DANS | LA COUR (Reception of His Majesty in the Court).
– Ribbon held by Athena: VIGILATE DEO CONFIDE (Watch, trust in God).
Description:
Large ceremonial view of the reception of Stadholder-King William III at the Binnenhof, The Hague, on 5 February 1691. The scene depicts processions of horsemen and carriages moving toward the court buildings, with crowds of spectators in the square, arcades, and windows. The Ridderzaal (Hall of Knights) is prominently shown at right, surrounded by civic architecture. Above, a crowned heraldic shield bearing a lion rampant, flanked on the left by an angel holding a torch, with a cluster of flags, and on the right by the figure of Athena wearing a plumed helmet and holding a ribbon lettered in Latin VIGILATE DEO CONFIDE. The group is seated on a cloud. The bilingual title is inscribed on two scroll banners extending from either side of the composition: ZIJN MAJESTEIT VERWELKOMT OP HET BINNEHOF (left) — RECEPTION DE SA MAJESTÉ DANS LA COUR (right). The sheet belongs to the series of 14 engravings from Govert Bidloo’s Komste van Zyne Majesteit Willem III… (The Hague: Arnold Leers, 1691), a lavishly illustrated account of the king’s ceremonial entry and festivities in Holland following his accession to the English throne.
Genre: Newsprint (nieuwsprent) — political and historical event print commemorating a royal reception.
Catalogue Raisonne:
John Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as book illustrator: A bibliography. — Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co.; New York: Abner Schram, 1970, p. 173, no. 79. Illustrated in Govert Bidloo, Komste van Zyne Majesteit Willem III… (The Hague: Arnold Leers, 1691), facing p. 20. [LIB-2547.2020]
Contributors: Bidloo, Govert [Govard] (Dutch, 1649–1713) – author Leers, Arnoud (Dutch, 1669–1717) – publisher/printer
Additional Information
| Collection | European prints and drawings |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book illustration , Print |
| Period | 17 AD , Late 17th century |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | Dutch , French |
| Media/Technique | Copperplate engraving , Engraving , Etching , Laid paper , Paper |
| Genre | Political and historical propaganda |
| Subject | Dutch history , England , History , King of England , Military , Military regiments and commanders , Netherlands , Politics , Propaganda , The Hague (city) , William III, Prince of Orange (1650–1702) |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1691 |
| Catalogue raisonne | Landwehr, Books (1970) |
| Acquisition year | 2025 |
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