print;
broadside
- Museum number
- 1872,0113.590
- Title
- Object: Ordre en toestel van den Eed van getrouwigheyt, gedaen door de Steden en Ingesetenen van het Vorstendom Orange
- Description
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A broadside on the oath of allegiance to William Henry of Nassau at Orange on 7 May 1665; with an etching by Johannes Visscher after Pieter Post showing in the background the sun rising against a ruin of a Romanesque wall, in front of which a platform with an empty throne and English and Dutch officials sitting on chairs in an open circle, watched by a large group of spectators; with engraved lettering a-r, and with letterpress title, legend, and text by Jan Vos, wanting the letterpress signature Jan Vos. ([Amsterdam]: 1665)
- Production date
- 1665
- Dimensions
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Height: 433 millimetres (etching)
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Height: 534 millimetres (printed area)
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Width: 352 millimetres (etching)
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Width: 354 millimetres (printed area)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The sheet is trimmed at the bottom, wanting the signature of Jan Vos. See Y,1.43 for complete impression.
The following information comes from Dr. Robert H. van Gent (Utrecht University, email 8 June 2009)
The Romanesque wall in the background is the northfacing wall of the famous Roman Theatre of Orange, dating from the reign of Emperor Augustus. The viewer is looking south. The "Heere van Zuylichem" mentioned in the title was the poet-statesman Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687), the father of the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695). The officials identified on this broadside are all Dutchmen or Frenchmen - there are no Englishmen mentioned. The circular arc seen above the sun is a partial solar halo, a relatively common atmospheric optical phenomenon. However, the bystanders in Orange believed that this phenomenon - referred to in the text as a solar crown ("zonnekroon") - was a favourable omen for William Henry of Nassau.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1872
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1872,0113.590
