Fiesta; costumbre; príncipe; nacimiento; festejo; estoque; jarra; interior; taberna; Guillermo II de Nasau; Rijksmuseum; siglo XVII; Steen - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 15:27:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Fiesta; costumbre; príncipe; nacimiento; festejo; estoque; jarra; interior; taberna; Guillermo II de Nasau; Rijksmuseum; siglo XVII; Steen - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The day of the prince https://historylab.es/the-day-of-the-prince/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-day-of-the-prince Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:53 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/el-dia-del-principe/ Indoor celebration of the birthday of Prince Wilhelm II of Nasau, born in 1650

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]]> Prince’s Day celebrated the birthday of William III of Orange-Nassau, born on 14 November 1650, with the characters in the painting drinking, eating and feasting in his honour. Why this took place is explained on the sheet of paper in the foreground, in the centre of the composition. It translates as follows: “For the health of the boy of Naassau, in one hand a rapier, and in the other a cup cheerfully raised”. This would raise the spirits of those revellers where the portrait of the prince dominates the scene from the top of the room.

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