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The Wives of the Stadtholders: an exhibition

The publication in EMLO of the correspondences of the wives of six seventeenth-century stadtholders offers an unprecedented opportunity to analyse female power and influence in the political circles of the Dutch Republic at the Orange and Stuart courts in The Hague and their counterpart at the Frisian court in Leeuwarden. This virtual exhibition sets out biographical information for each of these six women, focusing upon a selection of their letters to demonstrate the different types of correspondence and spheres of activity in which they were involved. In addition, it describes and illustrates the physical centres of power — the palaces in which they lived, worked, and raised their families.

Johan de Witt

Dublin Core

Title

Johan de Witt

Subject

Portrait of Johan de Witt

Creator

Caspar Netscher

Source

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Date

Between 1660 and 1700

Rights

Public domain

Coverage

http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.4724

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Painting

Files

Portrait of Johan de Witt, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Caspar Netscher 1660-1700

Citation

Caspar Netscher, “Johan de Witt,” The Wives of the Stadtholders: an exhibition, accessed January 15, 2026, http://emlo-portal.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/exhibition/sw/items/show/44.