Skating on the Moat in Brussels
1649 | Robert van den Hoecke
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, the stadholder (provincial executive officer) of the Southern Netherlands, is observing from his coach at the right edge of the painting the diverse activities on the ice. A note made in the inventory of his collection in 1659 mentions that this was the frozen city moat of Brussels. Jan van den Hoecke, a half-brother of Robert, was court painter to Leopold Wilhelm.
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, the stadholder (provincial executive officer) of the Southern Netherlands, is observing from his coach at the right edge of the painting the diverse activities on the ice. A note made in the inventory of his collection in 1659 mentions that this was the frozen city moat of Brussels. Jan van den Hoecke, a half-brother of Robert, was court painter to Leopold Wilhelm.
Artist:
Robert van den Hoecke (1622 Antwerpen - 1668 Bergen/Mons) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich (1625/32-1662), Erzherzog, Fürstabt seit 1626 (1614 - 1662) DNB
Time:
1649
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
53,7 cm x 89 cm x 3 cm
Framed: 70,7 cm x 107,5 cm x 7 cm
Signed
Inscribed on the projecting part of the town wall: R v H 1649
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 656
Provenance
Coll. Leopold Wilhelm