Portrait of Hendrik Casimir I (1612-40), Count of Nassau-Dietz, Wybrand de Geest, c. 1632

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Hendrik Casimir I (1612-40), Count of Nassau-Dietz

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-533

Inscriptions / marks

signature, top left, beneath inscription: ‘V. de Geest ƒ’
inscription, top left and right: ‘GraeF Hindrick van Nassau’

Description

Portret van Hendrik Casimir I (1612-40), graaf van Nassau-Dietz. Buste naar rechts, in wapenrusting. Onderdeel van de reeks portretten afkomstig uit het Stadhouderlijk Hof te Leeuwarden.

Creation

Artist

painter: Wybrand de Geest

Dating

c. 1632

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 29.9 cm × width 23.9 cm × thickness 1.1 cm
outer size: depth 5.4 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

historical persons

When

1612 - 1640

Who

Hendrik Casimir I graaf van Nassau-Dietz

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

nationalization 1795 Sep-1798

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Commissioned by or for Ernst Casimir I (1573-1632) or Hendrik Casimir I (1612-40), Stadholders 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

Persistent URL

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