Clingendael – The Netherlands

The name Clingendael means valley in the dunes. In 1591, Philips Doublet acquired the farm and surrounding land. The original part of the manor house was built between 1643 and 1660 for Philip Doublet III. Several of the Doublets held the office of Treasurer General in the Republic of the Seven United Provinces.

Read – Lees
Clingendael – The Hague

Huys Clingendael – The Hague – Den Haag

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Sommige buitenplaatsen waren tot ver over de grenzen bekend, onder meer door de prenten die ervan werden gemaakt. Zo’n toonaangevende buitenplaats was Clingendael, van 1591 tot 1727 in bezit van de invloedrijke regentenfamilie Doublet.

Clingendael was de eerste buitenplaats in de Republiek waar een Frans geïnspireerde classicistische tuin werd aangelegd door de toenmalige eigenaar Philips Doublet III (1633-1707).

Doublet was zeer geïnteresseerd in tuinarchitectuur en bezocht in Frankrijk diverse tuinen van buitenplaatsen. Ook liet hij zich inspireren door de tuin van zijn schoonvader,

Constantijn Huygens, op de buitenplaats Hofwijck. Hij was bevriend met stadhouder Willem III en kreeg van hem in 1686 de opdracht om de tuin van Huis ten Bosch aan te leggen. Onderstaande gravure is gemaakt rond 1700. Aan de rechterkant is de oranjerie afgebeeld.

https://geschiedenisvanzuidholland.nl/collecties/franse-tuin-van-clingendael-wassenaar

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This view of Clingendael is taken from above the more informal wooded area that included the maze. It gives the viewer a chance to appreciate the design of the formal gardens in front of the house and particularly the grand parterre modelled on that at the palace of St Germain en Laye outside Paris (which, ironically, was at that time the home of James II whom William, his son-in-law and nephew, had deposed and driven into exile).

The print gives a good impression of how the garden was compartmentalised by hedges and of the important role played by water in the form of canals, fountains and ponds. The small building (15) next to the pond (14) on the right side of the main house is the orangery. The church tower of The Hague (31) and the Hague Woods (30), in which William’s palace of ten Bosch was to be found, are on the skyline.

The house still survives, in much altered form, and now houses the Dutch institute of international affairs. The formal gardens were swept away in the eighteenth century and replaced with the informal English-style garden that is open to visitors.
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/dutchgardens/accessible/pages46and47.html

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In 1804, the estate passed on to Baron Willem van Brienen. His son, Baron Arnoud van Brienen, merged Clingendael with the neighbouring estate of Oosterbeek. The two estates are separated by a meandering moat. He also built a racecourse for his guests at Clingendael; it has since been moved to nearby Duindigt. Arnout’s unmarried daughter Marguérite, known as Lady Daisy, laid out Clingendael’s fine Japanese garden.

Oosterbeek is a village in the eastern part of Netherlands.  Oosterbeek was a separate municipality until 1818, when the area was divided between Doorwerth and the village of Renkum.

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Japanse Tuin in het Park Clingendael – Den Haag

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