Portrait of Willem II (1626-50), Prince of Orange, Gerard van Honthorst (workshop of), c. 1653

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Willem II (1626-50), Prince of Orange

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-520

Inscriptions / marks

inscription, top: ‘Prins Wilhelm van Orangien / Ætatis 25 obijt in den Haagh 1650’ (Prince Wilhelm of Orange Died in The Hague in 1650 aged 25)

Description

Portret van Willem II (1626-50), prins van Oranje. Buste naar links, in wapenrusting. Kopie naar het portret door Gerard van Honthorst uit 1647 (SK-A-871). Onderdeel van de reeks portretten afkomstig uit het Stadhouderlijk Hof te Leeuwarden.

Creation

Artist

painter: Gerard van Honthorst (workshop of)

Dating

c. 1653

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 30 cm × width 24.1 cm
outer size: depth 5.5 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

historical persons

Who

Willem II (prins van Oranje)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

nationalization 1795 1795

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Commissioned by or for Willem Frederik (1613-64), Stadholder of Friesland; ? inventory, Frisian Stadholder’s Court, Leeuwarden, 12-14 and 27 September 1731, furniture attic (‘Veertig kleine portraitjes gekomen uit een schoorsteen.’);{Drossaers/Lunsingh Scheurleer II, 1974, p. 418, no. 869.} ? inventory, Frisian Stadholder’s Court, Leeuwarden, 1764, furniture attic (‘Tweeënveertig kleine portraitjes, gekomen uit een schoorsteen.’);{Drossaers/Lunsingh Scheurleer III, 1976, p. 74, no. 1157.}...; first recorded in the museum in 1800/01{Van Thiel 1981a, p. 191, nos. 50-63, p. 192, nos. 65-78, 79-92.}

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 459

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6842

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