Birth of the future King Willem III, 1817, Allegory on the birth of Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk, the hereditary prince of Orange and later King Willem III, on February 19, 1817. A child crawls out of the burst shell of an Orange apple, the fruit of an orange. It lies in a flat bowl decorated with symbolic figures. On the left the coats of arms of the Netherlands and Russia on a rug. At the back left a clock with the text: Il est né. In the background a night sky., print, print maker: Joannes Josephus Wolff, (mentioned on object), after painting by: J. François (1817), (mentioned on object), Rotterdam, 1817, paper, etching, engraving, height, 464 mm × width, 350 mm
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Birth, future King Willem III, 1817, Allegory, birth, Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk, hereditary prince, Orange, later King Willem III, February 19, child crawls, burst shell, Orange apple, fruit, orange, lies, flat bowl decorated, symbolic figures, left, coats, arms, Netherlands, Russia, rug, back left, clock, text, Il est né, background, night sky, print, print maker, Joannes Josephus Wolff, mentioned, object, painting, J, François, Rotterdam, paper, etching, engraving, height, 464 mm × width, 350 mm
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