Sunday, July 21, 2024

Jan Adam Kruseman
(1804 - 1862)
 

Jan Adam Kruseman was a Dutch painter, known primarily for his portraits, although he also did landscapes and genre scenes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Adam_Kruseman


Portrait of William II, King of the Netherlands
Portrait of Willem II (1792-1849)
1839
Oil on canvas
109,5 × 86 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-C-170

This is a portrait of King William II in military uniform, but with a decidedly informal air. Accompanied by his hound, he poses casually in the dunes, which in the Romantic era was considered the quintessentially Dutch landscape. In 1848 –when revolutions were raging throughout Europe –William II renounced royal autocracy and the Netherlands became a parliamentary democracy.

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