Portrait of Willem III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange, Gerard van Honthorst (workshop of), c. 1653

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Willem III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-521

Inscriptions / marks

inscription, top: ‘Prins Wilhelm Hendrick von Orangien / Natus in den Haagh 14 Novembris Aº 1650’ (Prince Wilhelm Hendrick of Orange Born in The Hague on 14 November 1650)

Description

Portret van Willem III (1650-1702), prins van Oranje, als kind. Buste naar links. Kopie naar een schilderij van Gerard van Honthorst. 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 29.9 cm × width 24 cm × thickness 1.3 cm
outer size: depth 3.7 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

historical persons

Who

Willem III (prins van Oranje en koning van Engeland, Schotland en Ierland)

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, 460

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8764

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