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Willem Hendrik Hoogkamer - Slag bij Leuven, 1831

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Willem Hendrik Hoogkamer - Slag bij Leuven, 1831

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Slag bij Leuven, 12 augustus 1831. De prins van Oranje en prins Frederik met hun staf, allen te paard links op een heuveltje. Rechts aanstormende cavalerie, 10e regiment lansiers. Links een muziekkorps voorafgegaan door sergeant-tamboer. In het midden op de voorgrond liggen de lichamen van enkele gesneuvelde Belgen en een dood paard. Onder de titel een vierregelige beschrijving van de voorstelling en de opdracht aan de 'Helden van Hasselt en Leuven', doorbroken door het Metalen Kruis. Zie ook de pendant. Bij de prent behoort een afzonderlijke verklaring.

The roots of the Flemish school are usually placed in Dijon, the capital of the dukes of Burgundy where Philip the Bold (reigned 1363–1404) established a tradition of art patronage. Philip the Good (reigned 1419–67) moved the Burgundian capital to Brugge (Bruges). The largest county in the Southern Netherlands was Flanders and the term Flanders is often used to refer to the whole of the Southern Netherlands. Flanders produced many famous artists of Northern Europe. Arts flourished in the County of Flanders and neighboring Brabant, Hainaut, Picardy, Artois, and Tournaisis, from the early 15th century until the 17th century. In the 15th century and up to 1520 Flaundry was a part of Early Netherlandish art with the center in Antwerp. It gradually became distinct from the art of the rest of the Low Countries, especially the modern Netherlands by the end of the 16th century, when the north and the south Netherlands were politically separated. During the last quarter of the 16th century, political unrest between the northern and southern parts of the Netherlands brought a decline in Flemish art. Many Flemish artists left the Southern Netherlands for Rome, Germany, or the Dutch Republic. After Twelve Year Truce, Flemish art revived.

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1831 - 1832
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