Prince Maurits, Accompanied by Prince Frederik Hendrik, Frederick V of Bohemia and his Wife Elizabeth Stuart, and others, on the Buitenhof, The Hague, Pauwels van Hillegaert
The princes of orange and members of their families, william the silent, his sons maurits and frederik hendrik, the ‘winter king’ frederick v and his wife elizabeth stuart and several members of the frisian branch of the house of nassauare riding out of the buitenhof in the hague. In the right background are the buildings between the hofvijver lake and the binnenhof, and the stadholders’ quarter. 5. This is an imaginary group of riders, for some were already dead when the painting was made. It can thus be regarded as a dynastic portrait of the house of orange-nassau and was evidently a popular one, for several versions of it are known. Object Type: painting. Genre: landscape painting. Date: between circa 1621 and circa 1625. Dimensions: height: 85 cm (33.4 in) ; width: 117 cm (46 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Frederick V of the Palatinate, Maurice of Nassau, William the Silent. Collection: Amsterdam Museum. Pauwels van Hillegaert - Prins Maurits in gezelschap van o.a. prins Frederik Hendrik, Frederik V en diens vrouw Elizabeth Stuart, koning en koningin van Bohemen, op het Buitenhof in Den Haag