The Disbanding of the 'Waardgelders' (Mercenaries in the Pay of the Town Government) by Prince Maurits in Utrecht, 31 July 1618, Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot, 1625

Title(s)

The Disbanding of the 'Waardgelders' (Mercenaries in the Pay of the Town Government) by Prince Maurits in Utrecht, 31 July 1618

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-606

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date, upper right, on the signboard: ‘Joost. Cornelis. Drooch. Sloot f. An.º. 1625.’

Description

Het afdanken der waardgelders door prins Maurits op de Neude te Utrecht, 31 juli 1618. Op de voorgrond de prins begeleid door andere officieren te paard. Op het plein staan de soldaten in rijen opgesteld.

Artist

• painter: Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot (signed by artist)

Dating

1625

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

• canvas
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

support: height 91.5 cm × width 156.5 cm
sight size: height 90.2 cm × width 154.7 cm
frame: height 109 cm × width 174 cm

What

• square, place, circus, etc.
• disbanding of the troops

When

• 1618-07-31 - 1618-07-31

Where

• Neude

Who

• Maurits (prins van Oranje)

Acquisition

unknown 1808

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

Related

• Het afdanken van de waardgelders te Utrecht, 1618
• Het afdanken van de waardgelders te Utrecht, 1618

• Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 118, 119
• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 199
• Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).