The Binnenhof in The Hague, after 1741

Blatt: 282 x 454 mm

Physical Description: Brush and grey ink, over lead crayon (?), on light brown prepared paper

Inventory Number: 3132

Object Number: 3132 Z

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

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About the Work

For centuries, the Binnenhof in The Hague has been the seat of the Dutch parliament; the stadtholder also once had his residence here. Pronk depicted the prominent edifice not as an expression of political power, however, but as a place of social interaction. Men, women and children promenade in the courtyard; further pedestrians and guards are spotted under the arcades. The unadorned but dignified architecture is set in a bright but at the same time sensitive light that brings about a pleasing play of shadows on its façade.