Oranjezaal

The Oranjezaal refers to a painted ballroom in the royal palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague.

It was once, together with its neighboring Chinese room, part of the first national museum of the Netherlands founded in 1800 called the Nationale Konst-Gallery.

The supervisor Cornelis Sebille Roos appointed Jan Gerard Waldorp as the first custodian and curator to receive visitors (for 6 stuivers) and explain the collection.

The Oranjezaal or Orange room was commissioned upon the death of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange in 1647 and was built during the years 1648-1651 by Jacob van Campen under the direction of Constantijn Huygens and Amalia van Solms.

A total of 31 paintings were made to decorate the room from floor to ceiling and the result became part of the first national museum of the Netherlands.