Portrait of Willem I (1533-84), Prince of Orange, called William the Silent, Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (workshop of), c. 1632

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Willem I (1533-84), Prince of Orange, called William the Silent

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-253

Inscriptions / marks

signature, centre right: ‘Faciem huius ad principale Cornely / de Vischer fecit A. a Miereveld.’
inscription, centre right, on the piece of paper: ‘Ζεύ μὴ λάθοι σε τώνδ᾽ ὂς αἲτιος ϰαϰών’ (O Zeus, may he who brought this misery about not escape you)

Description

Portret van Willem I, prins van Oranje, genaamd Willem de Zwijger. Kniestuk, staand, de handen in de mantel gestoken.

Creation

Artist

painter: Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (workshop of)

Dating

c. 1632

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

support: height 112.5 cm × width 88.5 cm
sight size: height 110 cm × width 85.5 cm

Subject

What

historical persons

When

1533 - 1584

Who

William I (Prince of Orange)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transfer May-1800

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Commissioned by the Admiralty of the Maas, Rotterdam, where it was first recorded in the Charter Room, 7 April 1800;{Letter, Schilger, 1800; see Moes/Van Biema 1909, p. 27.} transferred to the museum, May 1800; on loan to the Oranje-Nassau Museum, The Hague, 1926-32; on loan to Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn, since 1959

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 272, 273
De inrichting van de Nationale Konst-Gallery in het openingsjaar 1800, p. 187, 189, cat.nr. 28
Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

Persistent URL

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