King William III (1650–1702) giving Orders in the Field
manner of Jan Wyck (Haarlem 1645 - Mortlake 1700)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
610 mm (H)730 mm (W)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151309
Summary
Oil painting. An oil painting on canvasof King William III (1650–1702) giving Orders in the Field, manner of Jan Wyck (Haarlem 1645 – Mortlake 1700), circa 1700. A landscape with William III and a group of horsemen in the foreground; in the middle distance trains of pack animals are descending to a river with a fortified town on the bend of it.
Provenance
In inventory of the house of the late James Hutton, son of the collector Matthew Hutton d. 1728) and uncle of Philip Yorke I (1743 - 1804), at Park Lane, 27/28 July 1770 as; 'King William speaking to his Gen-erals by Holme [struck through] Vandermeulen' and thence by descent;given by Philip Yorke III (1905 – 1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973
Credit line
Erddig, The Yorke Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: 'William 3rd and officers'. (label on back of frame in 19th C.)
Makers and roles
manner of Jan Wyck (Haarlem 1645 - Mortlake 1700), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Adam Frans van der Meulen (Brussels 1632 - Paris 1690), artist
References
Hutton 1770 Inventory of the late James Hutton's house in Park Lane, 27-28 July 1770 , "King William speaking to his Generals by Holme [?struck through] Vandermeulen" Erddig 1800-29 Inventory of contents of Erddig, 1800-1829, "King William 3: & his Officers By Vandermeulen"