print
- Museum number
- 1912,0319.63
- Title
- Object: Afbeelding van het Vuurwerk theater ... in de Vijver binnen S'Gravenhage ... den 13. december 1702
- Description
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Firework display on and around an island structure on the pond in The Hague, with figure of Freedom on central pillar surrounded by other allegorical figures, a boat with spectators in left foreground, the Vijverberg with cannon and crowds in background; proof before lettering; after Jacob Roman. 1702
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1702
- Dimensions
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Height: 503 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 598 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For lettered state see 1882,0812.412.
Lit.: C.W. Fock, 'Vuurwerk of de Haagse Vijver in 1702', in Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 16 (1968), pp.122-129.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Dutch victory over France and Spain 1702
- Acquisition date
- 1912
- Acquisition notes
- Old BM stamp on verso (in yellow ink)
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1912,0319.63