Portrait of Maurits (1567-1625), Prince of Orange, Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (workshop of), c. 1609 - c. 1633

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Maurits (1567-1625), Prince of Orange

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-518

Inscriptions / marks

inscription, upper left and right: ‘Prins Mauriz von Orangien / Ætatis 58 obijt In den Haagh Aº 1625’ (Prince Mauriz of Orange Died in The Hague in 1625 aged 58)

Description

Portret van Maurits (1567-1625), prins van Oranje. Buste naar rechts, in wapenrusting. Onderdeel van de reeks portretten afkomstig uit het Stadhouderlijk Hof te Leeuwarden.

Creation

Artist

painter: Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (workshop of)

Dating

c. 1609 - c. 1633

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 29.8 cm × width 24.5 cm

Subject

What

historical persons

When

1600 - 1625

Who

Maurits (prins van Oranje)

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 (‘Moritz, prins van Orangien’);{Drossaers/Lunsingh Scheurleer II, 1974, p. 39, no. 179.} ? 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.} on loan to the Rijksmuseum Muiderslot, Muiden, 1949-71

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

De portretfabriek van Michiel van Mierevelt (1566-1641), Anita Jansen, Rudolf E.O. Ekkart, Johanneke Verhave, Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, p. 123, afb. 24
Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 453

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6840

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