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22-OCT-2014 Chris Brooker

Prince's Day, c 1660-79

Jan Havicksz Steen, c 1625-1679

Oil on panel

This popular feast-day celebrated the birthday (14 November 1650) of
Prince William III of Orange-Nassau. The piece of paper on the floor
in the middle foreground translates as:
"To the health of the Nassau laddie;
In one hand a rapier
And in the other a glass raised gladly."


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