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THE "JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT" WAS ONE OF THE LINERS OF THE "STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ NEDERLAND" WHICH USED TO SAIL TO THE DUTCH EAST INDIES. THE FIRST CLASS NURSERY ON THIS SHIP WAS SITUATED IN A ROOM DECORATED WITH FINE MAHOGANY FURNITURE AN WOODEN PANELS DECORATED WITH EPISODES OF DUTCH HISTORY. THE PANELS WERE PAINTED BY JONKVROUWE M. DE JONGE.
IN 1951 THE SHIP WAS REFITTED AT AMSTERDAM FOR EMIGRANT SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA; AT THIS OCCASION THE PANELS WERE TAKEN OUT. THE DECORATED NURSERY IS ILLUSTRATED IN W. GRUND, DE JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT: EEN SCHIP MET ZES LEVENS, AMSTERDAM, 1996, P. 58.
THE PANEL IN THIS SALE TELLS THE STORY OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE OF ORANGE IN SCHEVENINGEN.
IN 1951 THE SHIP WAS REFITTED AT AMSTERDAM FOR EMIGRANT SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA; AT THIS OCCASION THE PANELS WERE TAKEN OUT. THE DECORATED NURSERY IS ILLUSTRATED IN W. GRUND, DE JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT: EEN SCHIP MET ZES LEVENS, AMSTERDAM, 1996, P. 58.
THE PANEL IN THIS SALE TELLS THE STORY OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE OF ORANGE IN SCHEVENINGEN.