Print Email Facebook Twitter Striving for unity Title Striving for unity: The significance and original context of political allegories by Theodoor van Thulden for 's-Hertogenbosch Town Hall Author Van De Meerendonk, Suzanne (University of California) van Eikema Hommes, M.H. (TU Delft (OLD) MSE-4) Vink, Ester (Gemeente ’s-Hertogenbosch) Van Drunen, Ad (Gemeente ’s-Hertogenbosch) Date 2017 Abstract This case study explores the original significance and contexts of a series of political allegories painted by Theodoor van Thulden (1606-1669) for the 's-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc) Town Hall. In considering their commission history, current attributions, their relevant historical and political contexts and their initial placement in the town hall, we aim to reconstruct the paintings' function as a decoration program between their installation in the late 1640s and their relocation following a substantial renovation of the building in the early 1670s. The article concludes with a reflection on the changing nature of the town hall's interior and its impact on the interpretation and appreciation of Van Thulden's paintings in the present. Subject 's-HertogenboschDecoration programPainting ensemblesStaats-BrabantTheodoor van ThuldenTown halls To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:36e4c1f7-ca27-4160-bec9-10ebab063fcf DOI https://doi.org/10.18352/emlc.26 Source Early Modern Low Countries, 1 (2), 231-272 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 Suzanne Van De Meerendonk, M.H. van Eikema Hommes, Ester Vink, Ad Van Drunen Files PDF 26_219_2_PB.pdf 21.17 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:36e4c1f7-ca27-4160-bec9-10ebab063fcf/datastream/OBJ/view