Caption
Marriage of Princess Louise Henriëtte to Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, 1646, photograph, historical object representation, The marriage of Princess Louise Henriëtte, Princess of Orange, to Frederick William, on December 7, at Het Oude Hof Palace (Noordeinde Palace) in The Hague. Photograph of the painting of the wedding by Jan Mijtens on which numbers are written in red paint next to all depicted persons. Accompanying this photograph is a photogravure with a legend of the depicted persons., photographer: Antoine Johan Marinus Steinmetz, The Hague, after painting by Jan Mijtens, 1903 - 1931, pasteboard, paper, photography, photograph pasted onto cardboard, with numbers in red paint, height 196 mm x width 247 mm, The painting is in the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, Person, Louise Henriëtte (Princess of Orange), Frederick William of Brandenburg (I), (civil) marriage ceremonies, Noordeinde Palace, Period, 1646-12-07, A large monochrome painting of an interior scene with many seated and standing figures arranged in groups facing a central area, ornate chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, a row of women in long flowing dresses near the center foreground, men in dark formal attire surrounding them, a figure facing away from the viewer in the foreground with a raised hand, smaller children and attendants at the sides, a carpeted floor, architectural ceiling beams, shadowy painted backdrops on the walls, and decorative statues or painted figures flanking the scene.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A77_068
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