Lange Voorhout Palace
Lange Voorhout Palace (Dutch: Paleis Lange Voorhout [paːˈlɛis ˈlɑŋə voːrˈɦʌut]) in The Hague was designed in 1760 by the architect Pieter de Swart for Anthony Patras (1718-1764), a deputy to the States General of the Netherlands.
History
Patras, born in Grenoble, Isère, France, was a nephew of governor
In 1796 the mansion was bought by Archibald Hope (1747-1821), a manager of the Dutch West India Company.[3] Archibald was a cousin of Henry Hope and Jan Hope and involved in the family banking business. In 1808 his wife died. Napoleon and his wife on their travels through the First French Empire used it one night.[4] The inventory was sold in December 1821 and lasted more than two weeks.[5] The building was bought by Renaud Diederick James de Ginkell, 7th Earl of Athlone (1773–1823), married to a daughter of John Williams Hope.
In 1831 the Minister of Foreign Affairs Johan Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen (1776-1845) moved in.[6] He had an enormous collection of Dutch art which was sold after his death.
Royal residence
In 1848 it was bought by
Princess Sophie of the Netherlands inherited the palace and in 1896 Queen Emma bought it from her sister-in-law. She had it renovated and rebuilt before moving into the palace in 1901. Like prince Henry queen-mother Emma used the palace as a winter palace; in the summer she stayed at Soestdijk.
The palace was used as an office for Wilhelmina, Juliana and till 1984 for Beatrix. In 1991, princess Juliana sold the building to the municipality of The Hague on condition that it would only be used for cultural activities.
The
References
- ^ Vliet, P. van der (1996) Onno Zwier van Haren, p. 100;
- ^ R. Cleverens (1994) Paleis Lange Voorhout, p. 19; Onno Zwier van Haren (1713-1779): staatsman en dichter by Pieter Vliet, p. 105. [1]
- ^ "Henry Hope pages". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- ^ http://ifthenisnow.nl/sites/default/files/napoleon_in_den_haag.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Catalogus van een zeer gerenomeerden, exquisen en zeer pretieusen inboedel
- ^ "Lange Voorhout".
- ^ R. Cleverens (1994), p. 26.
- ^ S. Kalff (1904) Abraham Patras. In: De Indische gids, Volume 26, Deel 1, p. 146.
External links
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