Painting painter Jacob Jordaens “Triumph of Prince Frederick Heinrich of Orange.” The size of the panel is more than 10 square meters. At the turn of the fifties of the 17th century, the Flemish painter created two huge decorative and allegorical compositions for the summer palace of Heis ten Bos in The Hague, in which the late Jordaens’ tendency towards Baroque artistic excesses and violent patheticism was manifested.
These pompous panels were written by Jordaens in collaboration with Gerrit van Tulden. Friedrich Heinrich, Prince of Orange, the youngest son of Prince Wilhelm I and his wife, Louise de Coligny. Already in his youth he showed courage and military ability during the war with Spain for the independence of the Netherlands. In 1625, Friedrich Heinrich, Prince of Orange became the state regulator of the Netherlands Republic. In his reign, the Netherlands reached its highest peak and might.
Friedrich Heinrich tried to restore peace within the country and put an end to religious strife. Union with Denmark, Sweden, and in 1635 and with France Prince of Orange averted the danger that threatened the provinces of the Netherlands from the combined forces of the Spanish house of the Habsburgs. Friedrich Heinrich was a very skilful commander; its main headquarters was considered the highest school of military art, from which came the best commanders of the 17th century.
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