Portrait of Willem Frederik (1613-64), Count of Nassau-Dietz, Wybrand de Geest, 1632

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Willem Frederik (1613-64), Count of Nassau-Dietz

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-530

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, upper left: ‘V de Geest. F / Aº. 1632.’
inscription, top: ‘GRAEF. WILLEM. FREDERICK. / VAN / NASSOU’

Description

Portret van Willem Frederik (1613-64), graaf van Nassau-Dietz. Buste naar links, in wapenrusting. Onderdeel van de reeks portretten afkomstig uit het Stadhouderlijk Hof te Leeuwarden.

Creation

Artist

painter: Wybrand de Geest

Dating

1632

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 29.8 cm × width 24 cm × thickness 1.5 cm
outer size: depth 6.5 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

historical persons

Who

Willem Frederik graaf van Nassau-Dietz

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

nationalization 1795 Sep-1798

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Commissioned by or for Hendrik Casimir I (1612-40), 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. 40, no. 194.} ? 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. 458, 459
De 250 rijksten van de Gouden Eeuw : kapitaal, macht, familie en levensstijl, Kees Zandvliet, Mariëlle Hageman, Gijs van der Ham, Clé Lesger, p. 32-33 (afb.), cat.nr. 12

Persistent URL

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