Inspectie van een regiment cavalerie, wellicht door Willem van Hessen-Homburg

Troost, Cornelis (1696-1750)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1742
Height:
47.0 cm  (18 1/2 in.)
Width:
66.0 cm  (26 in.)
signed and dated, lower left: C. Troost 1742
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
Place of creation:
Amsterdam

Additional titles

Inspection of a cavalry regiment, perhaps by William of Hesse-Homburg

    Item location

  • Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)
    [Museum inv. no.: SK-A-4023]

Description

A regiment on horseback is being inspected by perhaps William of Hesse-Homburg (1690-1726), announced by two soldiers playing natural trumpets.

People as subjects

Hessen-Homburg, Kasimir Wilhelm von (1690–1726) (Non-musician/dancer)

Iconclass

45B321
review, inspection (of company, unit, troop)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Natural trumpet [4419]

RIdIM images


Rijksmuseum image

Image URLs

image link 1
Rijksmuseum record

Bibliographic references

Thiel, P.J.J. van. All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a completely illustrated catalogue (Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum; Maarssen: G. Schwartz, 1976) 547. ISBN: 9061790107.

Niemeijer, J.W. Cornelis Troost, 1696-1750 (Assen: Van Gorcum, 1973) 371-372, nr. 785S. ISBN 9023210646.

RIdIM record id

2899