Keywords: Paulus Lesire - Vertrek van Koningin Henrietta Maria.jpg nl Het vertrek van Koningin Henrietta Maria van Scheveningen naar Engeland op 26 februari 1643 Coll Stockholms Auktionsverk Stockholm en Paulus Lesire Dordrecht 1611-1658 The departure in 1643 from Scheveningen by the English queen Henrietta Maria Signed and dated Oil on canvas laid on panel 97 x 140 cm Inscribed on the stone den Haegh het Hollants hoff weet opeen hooffs te leven De vriendschap die sy kryght die weet sy weer te geven En schoon sij self wel eer haer koninhgschap verjoiegh Omdat het was te te en sich te gaanck vroiegh S te min een Koninghin te vlyen een goet gevoel en beter uyt te leyen 't was Koevenhoven die de Schuters voren gingh dit heught men en verget hoe ver men haer verfingh 2014-01-12 23 22 49 http //auktionsverket com/auction/fine-arts/2013-06-04/1947-paulus-lesire-den-engelska-drottningen-henrietta/ Creator Paulus Lesire In 1642 Henrietta Maria accompanied her daughter the Princess Mary on her journey to the Netherlands in order to conclude preparations for Mary's marriage to Willem who was the son of the Stadhouder Frederik Hendrik and who later became Willem II of the Netherlands Negotiations had been in progress already since 1640 This marriage provoked much controversy in the Netherlands as its principle aim was to secure for Charles I the support of the Netherlands in his struggle against Parliament The States General on the other hand were determined to pursue a policy of neutrality in this conflict These conflicting demands on his loyalties were the source of some embarrassment to Frederik Hendrik and it was with some relief that he eventuelly bade the English Queen farewell in February 1943 In spite of the subject and title of the picture Henrietta Maria is given a somewhat subordinate role in the composition The picture is conceived rather as a group portrait of the officers of the Haagse Schutterij The central figure is Captain van Couwenhoven and the other figures on the right also wearing orange sashes are the captains Swart van der Faes and Guyl Interestingly this subject is treated in an almost exactly similar manner in a picture by Sybrand van Beest now in the Haags Historisch Museum inv 4/1862 PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Paulus Lesire Historical images of Scheveningen Henrietta Maria of France Civic guard of The Hague The Hague in the 1640s |