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Portrait of Cornelis Apostool, First Director of the Rijksmuseum
After the defeat of Napoleon, the director of the Rijks-museum, Apostool, was responsible for retrieving the art that had been stolen from the Netherlands and taken to France. In 1816 he returned triumphantly with most of it. This portrait was probably made on that occasion. Apostool wears the order of the knighthood that he received. The catalogue in his hand, from the Musée Français in Paris, is…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/61B2
- Apostool, Cornelis
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- C. Apostool Bequest, Amsterdam
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/61B2
- Apostool, Cornelis
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- C. Apostool Bequest, Amsterdam
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1816
- 1816
Place-Time
- first quarter 19th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8696
- SK-A-654
Extent
- height 73 cm
- width 53 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1816
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:17:27.845Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:15.574Z