The Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. View of the battle field on the moment that the British commander Wellington receives the message that help from Prussian troops is underway. Bottom left the wounded Prince of Orange is being carried away. The commanders and other officers are depicted in the center on horseback. Bottom right a number of wounded and dead soldiers. In the background the battle is raging. The people portrayed include Lord Uxbridge, Sir Rowland Hill, Staff Colonel Sir William Delancey, Major-General George Cooke, Colonel Harvey, Colonel Campbell, lieutenant-general Don Miguel Ricardo de Álava, lieutenant-colonel F.C. Ponsonby, Major William Thornhill, Jean Victor, baron De Constant de Rebeque, Colonel Sir John Elley, lieutenant-colonel Aberson, General-major A.K.J.G. d'Aubremé, Captain Aberson, Captain H. Roepel, Colonel H. Detmers, Major J.L.D. van der Smissen, Lieutenant-colonel A. van Thielen, Lieutenant-colonel Jhr. W.F. Boreel, Lieutenant-general D.H. Baron Chassé, Colonel Sir G.A. Wood, General Major J.B. Baon van Merlen, Lieutenant-general Ch. von Alten, Major General Sir Colin Halkett, Lieutenant-Colonel William George Harris, Captain C. Nepveu, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, H.D. Graaf De Cruquenbourg, N.C. Ampt, General-Major Jhr. A.D. Trip, John William Fremantle, General-Major Graaf van Rheede, Major-General Lord Edward Somerset, Charles Gordon Lennox, Lord March, Colonel Dennis Pack, Major P.S.R. van Hooff, Major-general John Ormsby Vandeleur, Major Georg, Freiherr Baring, Colonel C. Von Ompteda, Colonel L.J.H.F. De Caylar and Général de Division Cambronne, Maréchal de Camp.
Depicted people
William II of the Netherlands
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Christian Friedrich Wilhelm von Ompteda
Date
1824
date QS:P571,+1824-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
: purchased by William I of the Netherlands (1772-1843), The Hague, from Jan Willem Pieneman, Amsterdam
: transferred to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Inventory number SK-A-1115, from Stichting Historische Verzamelingen van het Huis Oranje-Nassau, Netherlands
Inscriptions
Signature and date bottom right: J.W. Pieneman 1824
References
Bergvelt, E. (1984) ‘Nationale, levende en 19e-eeuwse meesters : Rijksmusea en eigentijdse kunst (1800-1848)’, Nederlands Kunsthistorische Jaarboek, vol. 35, p. 101, ill. 27.
Lee, A. van (1852) 'J.W. Pieneman en zijne werken', Album der Schoone Kunsten : romantiesch, kritiesch en historiesch tijdschrift voor Hollandsche en Vlaamsche letterkunde en kunst, vol. 3, pp. 17-24.
Rappard, W.F. (2001) ‘De Nationale bestemming van J.W. Pienemans tweede grote historieschilderij "De Slag bij Waterloo"’, Jaarboek Oranje-Nassau Museum, pp. 77-91.
Wilde, F.G. de (1974) Uniformkundige beschrijving van het schilderij voorstellende de veldslag bij Waterloo, 18 juni 1815, door J.W. Pieneman.
. AnonymousUnknown author, RKDimages, Art-work number 32846, as Battle of Waterloo on the 18th of June 1815, Height: 576 cm (18.8 ft); Width: 836 cm (27.4 ft)
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