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Constantin Netscher Workshop of Constantin Netscher WILLIAM...

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Constantin Netscher Workshop of Constantin Netscher WILLIAM III, PRINCE OF ORANGE, WORKSHOP OF CONSTANTIN NETSCHER (THE HAGUE, 1668-1723) Full-length portrait of William III, Prince of Orange-Nassau, future king of England. At the head of the United Provinces (Holland) in the 17th century, he was for 30 years one of the main rivals of Louis XIV during the Wars of the Spanish Succession and the Dutch Wars. The young prince is represented standing on a rocky landscape. He is holding in his right hand the baton of command, while with his left arm he is leaning on his thigh. Dressed in full armor, a lace tie tied around his neck, he wears a wig of long curly hair. His helmet adorned with red feather dusters sits on a stone entablature adorned with a drapery. His body slightly turned to three quarters, his head held high, his gaze turned towards the viewer, his bellicose attitude against the background of a battle allows him to assert his status as one of the greatest sovereigns of Europe. Workshop of Constantin Netscher, last quarter of the 17th century. Oil on canvas, dimensions: h. 80 cm, l. 63 cm Gilded and carved wooden frame: framed: h. 95 cm, l. 79 cm Our portrait is a studio version by Constantin Netscher, replicating the first portrait of the sovereign painted between 1680 and 1684. Now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, it has the same dimensions as our portrait. Few versions of this portrait are known, because when William III became king of England in 1689, he preferred portraits with the insignia of royal power. Constantin Netscher was the son of the painter Gaspar Netscher and also his pupil. He adopted his father's style and manner, painting almost exclusively small-scale portraits. Specializing in small portraits, he was admitted to the painters' society in The Hague in 1699 and later became director of the academic school.

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