Exceptionally Large Painting of the Resurrection of Belgian Prince Baudouin 160 x 188 cm
Remarkable canvas depicting the resurrection of Prince Baudouin of Belgium / Le Prince Baudouin, 23 January 1891
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Dans un rêve, j’ai vu la tombe du prince Baudouin entourée d’Anges qui l’a découverte d’autres Anges volant avec le prince Baudouin. En même temps, j’ai vu la famille royale. Les vestiges viennent visiter. Du prince; dit un ange se tournant vers d’illustres visiteurs du roi; père vous serez en retard, le prince est aux anges! Le comte de Flandre avait vu ces paroles. Dans la tombe pour voir l’absence de son fils
In a dream I saw the tomb of Prince Baudouin surrounded by angels who uncovered it, other angels flying with Prince Baudouin. At the same time I saw the royal family. The remains come to visit. Of the prince; said an angel, turning to the king’s illustrious visitors; father, you will be too late, the prince is in heaven! The Count of Flanders had seen these words. In the tomb to see the absence of his son
Wikipedia:
In early 1891 Baudouin’s sister Henriette fell seriously ill with pneumonia. Baudouin, who had influenza, stayed with her in the cold corridors praying for her swift recovery. On 23 January Baudouin died of pulmonary oedema.
The sudden death gave rise to suspicion; stories appeared in the press referring to the Mayerling tragedy.[2] In 1889 at Mayerling, Leopold II’s son-in-law, the husband of his daughter Stéphanie of Belgium, the Austrian Crown Prince Rudolf, took his own life together with his young mistress. It is an open secret that on 22 January he suffered a kidney haemorrhage, the result of an injury in a duel with his mistress’s husband in the grounds of the castle of Bovelingen.
Baudouin was interred on 29 January in the Royal Crypt at Laeken.
The portraits are painted remarkably well, the angels in turn very naively; an intriguing canvas that has certainly suffered, but has gained a very special character because of it.
A great canvas for a café or restaurant in Belgium, for example.
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