Portrait of William III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange, Stadholder and from 1689 on, King of England
Godfried Schalcken
c. 1692 - c. 1697
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.5; 65
About this artwork
hoogte 76,5 cm x breedte 65 cm
About the Artist
Godfried Schalcken · 1643–1706
Studied with Samuel van Hoogstraten in Dordrecht in 1656 and Gerrit Dou in Leiden. He returned to Dordrecht in 1665, where he was a standard-bearer with the arquebusiers. In 1679 he married Françoise van Dimen, of Breda, with whom he had seven children, six of whom died young. He was a guild member in The Hague in 1691, before leaving to spend several years in London, attracted by the success of h...