The Visit of the Fleet
1649 | Simon de Vlieger
This painting documents an historical event: the inspection of the Dutch inland fleet at Dordrecht by the admiral and stadholder Frederik Hendrik II, Prince of Orange (1584–1647) before the campaign against Flanders in June of 1646. The admiral is just disembarking from the state yacht. Turned towards the viewer, he is seated in the front boat, his hat decorated with heron feathers. This representation is the earliest among de Vlieger’s popular marine paintings and the model for a large number of pictures by other Dutch painters.
This painting documents an historical event: the inspection of the Dutch inland fleet at Dordrecht by the admiral and stadholder Frederik Hendrik II, Prince of Orange (1584–1647) before the campaign against Flanders in June of 1646. The admiral is just disembarking from the state yacht. Turned towards the viewer, he is seated in the front boat, his hat decorated with heron feathers. This representation is the earliest among de Vlieger’s popular marine paintings and the model for a large number of pictures by other Dutch painters.
Artist:
Simon de Vlieger (1601 Rotterdam - 1653 Weesp) DNB
Time:
1649
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Dutch
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
71 cm × 92 cm
Framed: 90,5 cm × 113,4 cm × 7 cm
Signed
Inscribed on the rudder of the ferry on the left: S. DE VLEGER 1649
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 478
Provenance
Probably identical with the picture of Seger Tieren's auction, The Hague, 23.7.1743, no. 142; of the auction H. van der Vugt, The Hague, 27.4.1745, no. 53; Coll. J. Halfenwassenaar, The Hague; Gallery Graf von Sickingen, Vienna, 1819; Coll. J. C. Hofbauer, Vienna - Inventory from 1835 (room IV, no. 43); J. Scharinger, Vienna, 1839; Coll. Eyb, Vienna, 1846; acquired in 1850