Oranges in Paintings

May 7 2020

Video: Paleis Het Loo

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

Paleis Het Loo, the Palace of the House of Orange-Nassau, have made a rather nice video exploring the theme of Oranges in paintings. Conservator Hanna Klarenbeek explains their symbolism and significance particularly in relation to the Monarchy of the Netherlands.

Non-Dutch speakers will have to switch on the auto-translate feature on YouTube to get subtitles in your own language.

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