Portrait of King Willem I (1772-1843)
1814
oil
From the collection of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
1814
oil
From the collection of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
This painting depicts a man in a military uniform, standing in front of a red chair and a table with papers on it. He is wearing a black jacket with gold buttons and epaulets, white pants, and black boots. The man is holding a rolled-up paper in his left hand and a paper with the word "GRONDWET" on it in his right hand. The background of the painting is a white wall with a column on either side of it. The overall atmosphere of the painting is one of grandeur and importance, with the man's military uniform and the formal setting suggesting that he is a person of high rank or authority. The painting is a portrait of a man in a military uniform, and it is held at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. The artist who painted it is Mattheus Ignatius van Bree.
