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Hendrik Porthoven (1728-1793)
The main hall of the Binnenhof with the State Lottery. Signed and dated HPothoven P A° 1779 Canvas, 57 × 65.7 cm.

The Hague, Mauritshuis, inv. nr. 764. Bequest of J. G. de Groot Jamin, Amsterdam, 1921.

The Binnenhof, like many another public building in the Republic, was not treated with excessive deference by the government that owned it. The antiquity and historical importance of the main hall did not prevent the States General from making it available, from 1709 on, for the drawings of the national lottery.

Van Gelder 1937, p.208.