Front hall seen to the west around 1909, 1900 - 1910 Canvas Print

Front hall seen to the west around 1909, 1900 - 1910 Canvas Print

Front hall with a view of the western wall. The Voorhal is empty and the murals have not yet been applied. In 1910, paintings were applied to the west wall . Front hall to the west seen. with at the back the west wall with passage to the west wing, on the right the north wall with windows on the street side. Layout walls by richly decorated bands and frieze, in arched field with medallions, in frieze the initials of King William III and Queen Emma. In the period 1904-1910, the decorative paintings by Georg Sturm were applied. Decoration pattern Voorhal according to De Stuers: 'The verciering der Voorhal is inspired by one thought. In a cycle, it symbolizes human life and aspiration. The floor is dedicated to the physical area, the walls and windows to the social, the vaults and what is with them at a height, to the intellectual'. p. 34 Wall to the right of entrance Hall of Fame paneling. Starter vault in the form of 'cups'. Onset of arch: standing figure The east wall is almost entirely filled with paintings by George Sturm, who also made large canvases for the other walls of the Voorhal and the Hall of Fame with the arts and virtues as their subject. (The new Rijksmuseum p. 32) Some of the paintings are made on canvas, are they still somewhere in the museum depot? In the foreground on the floor is a part of the text 'IV DECEMBER MDCCCLXIII DECLARES THE II CHAMBER OF STATES-GENERAL THAT IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE STATE TO FOUND A MUSEUM.' etc. Decoration pattern Voorhal according to De Stuers: 'The verciering der Voorhal is inspired by one thought. In a cycle, it symbolizes human life and aspiration. The floor is dedicated to the physical area, the walls and windows to the social, the vaults and what is with them at a height, to the intellectual'. p. 34 Walls: "The walls are divided into a number of compartments by painted bands, in which the initials of King William III and Queen Emma appear and some emblems appear, intended for scenes from the history of the Dutch people and for images of famous artists." (Stuers p. 33, fig 36 fig 2 and 50 fig 1) Floor: 'The by Joh. Odoricio in Frankfurt a. Main with Italian workmen executed mosaic decoration of the floor is, as well as the mosaic floors in the other rooms, designed by Dr. P.J.H. Cuypers. It shows in the middle box the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End; around it the teans of the Zodiac, the months of the year, the four rivers of Paradise: Physon, Gibon, Tigris, and Euphrates; furthermore, the Sun, the Moon and the planets Jupiter and Venus, surrounded by stars. ..... The left side pocket has in the middle the Time, around which Tomorrow, Afternoon, Evening and Night and in the corners the four Ages: Child, Young, Male and Grey-earth. The right side section shows the four elements in the middle and the four Seasons in the corners. .... etc ' (De Stuers p. 32, 33, fig. 13 B and C) Front hall

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