# View of Huis ten Bosch Palace

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## Artwork

- Artist: [COMPE, Jan ten](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/compe-jan-ten-rd2a64dcd01d178>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 61 x 89 cm

## Commentary

Frederik Hendrik \(1584-1647\), Prince of Orange, became stadholder in 1625 - initially of five provinces and later of seven. The prince was an important patron of the arts and a man who commissioned buildings of royal status. He built several palaces, including the palace of Huis ten Bosch in The Hague, which was originally intended as a modest country house in the woods for his wife, Amalia van Solms. Presently it is one of the three official residences of the Dutch royal family.

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- [Delft: A View of the Town Hall Seen from the Grote Markt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/compe-jan-ten-rd2a64dcd01d178/delft-a-view-of-the-town-hall-seen-from-the-grote-markt-r6764f966bd04ee>)
- [Haarlem: View of the Town Hall](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/compe-jan-ten-rd2a64dcd01d178/haarlem-view-of-the-town-hall-redf058b9387029>)

## Attribution

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