Portrait of Sir Horace Vere (1565-1635), Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (workshop of), c. 1615 - c. 1633

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Sir Horace Vere (1565-1635)

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-557

Inscriptions / marks

inscription, top: ‘CORONEL. VEER.’

Description

Portret van Sir Horace Vere (1565-1635). Bevelhebber van de Engelse troepen in de Nederlanden. Buste naar rechts. Onderdeel van de reeks portretten afkomstig uit het Stadhouderlijk Hof te Leeuwarden.

Creation

Artist

painter: Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (workshop of)

Dating

c. 1615 - c. 1633

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 29.6 cm × width 24 cm × thickness 0.9 cm
outer size: depth 3.3 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

historical persons

Who

Horace Vere

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

nationalization 1795 Sep-1798

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 (‘Coronell Feer’);{Drossaers/Lunsingh Scheurleer II, 1974, p. 38, no. 166.} ? 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

De portretfabriek van Michiel van Mierevelt (1566-1641), Anita Jansen, Rudolf E.O. Ekkart, Johanneke Verhave, Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, p. 77, afb. 15
Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 468-469

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6925

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