Bedroom with Prince William V on his deathbed, supported by his chamberlain (Vleeshouwer), 9 April 1806. The physician feels the left wrist while his wife, with averted face, holds his right hand. In the sky an angel with palm branch in clouds. Sky bed decorated with the arms of the prince and princess, on the wall portraits of the prince's two sons. In the caption an eight-line verse, Sterfbed van prins Willem V Het sterfbed of de laatste oogenikken van wylen Willem V. overleden te Brunswyk, 9 april 1806 , print maker: Jan Gerritsz. Visser, (mentioned on object), intermediary


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