The art collections and museum of King William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849)

Abstract King William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849) created important art collections with benefit advice from leading dealers at home and abroad, for which special premises were built in one royal palaces The Hague. Whenever monarch was not residence, these made accessible to visitors. Following William’s sudden death 1849 almost everything sold paintings are now distributed around world. An attempt is here reconstruct contemporary presentation collections, both Hague before that palace Brussels; online appendices present, respectively, an account images collection Kneuterdijk Palace, (1842–1850); a chronological list acquisitions as prince king 1817–28 1837–48; details eleven Wallace Collection.