# Allegory of the Birth of Frederik Hendrik [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [EVERDINGEN, Caesar van]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 373 x 243 cm ## Commentary Allegory of the Birth of Frederik Hendrik c. 1650 Oil on canvas, 373 x 243 cm Huis ten Bosch, The Hague Van Everdingen's paintings are characterized by compositions full of commotion, in which the figures are crowded together close to the picture plane. This approach means that the effect of depth is very limited. Cool, clear colours, lit by blue and red accents, are also characteristic of Van Everdingen's work, and he was a master in rendering different materials. His work represent a high point in Dutch Classicism. ## Related artworks - [Amor Holding a Glass Orb]() - [Bacchus with Nymphs and Cupid]() - [Count Willem II of Holland Granting Privileges]() - [Diogenes Seeks a True Man]() - [Four Muses and Pegasus on Parnassus]() - [Holy Family]() - [Jupiter and Callisto]() - [Lycurgus Demonstrates the Benefits of Education]() - [Nymphs Offering the Young Bacchus Wine, Fruit and Flowers]() - [Officers and Standard-Bearers of the Old Civic Guard]() - [Portrait of a Girl as a Huntress]() - [Portrait of a Two-Year-Old Boy]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()