Portrait of Jan the Younger (1583-1638), Count of Nassau-Siegen, Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn (workshop of), c. 1614 - c. 1633

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Jan the Younger (1583-1638), Count of Nassau-Siegen

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-534

Inscriptions / marks

inscription, upper right: ‘Le comte Jean de Nassau / M. Mirevelt’
inscription, top: ‘GRAEF JAN VAN NASSOU’

Description

Portret van Jan de Jongere (1583-1638), graaf van Nassau-Siegen. Buste naar rechts, in wapenrusting. Onderdeel van de reeks portretten afkomstig uit het Stadhouderlijk Hof te Leeuwarden.

Creation

Artist

painter: Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn (workshop of)

Dating

c. 1614 - c. 1633

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 29.8 cm × width 24.2 cm × thickness 1 cm
outer size: depth 3.7 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

historical persons

Who

Johan VIII graaf van Nassau-Siegen

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

nationalization 1795 1795

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Commissioned by or for Willem Lodewijk (1560-1620), Stadholder of Friesland; inventory, Frisian Stadholder’s Court, Leeuwarden, 16 August 1633, furniture room (‘Graeff Johan van Nassau’);{Drossaers/Lunsingh Scheurleer II, 1974, p. 39, no. 174.} ? 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. 455, 456

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6855

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