Lot Essay
The present pendants are unusual in that five years seperate Van Miereveldt's execution of Camerlin's portrait and that of his wife. Clearly Van Miereveldt didn't have Camerlin's portrait at hand, when he executed the portrait of his wife, as the level of the tables are not the same.
Miereveldt, the most succesful portrait painter of his time in the Northern Netherlands and famous for his portraits of William of Orange and members of the Stadholder's Court, here followed his established formula: three quarter length static poses, with the sitters facing each other. This formula, which Miereveldt made his speciality and which he and his studio would follow throughout his career, is evident in the portraits of Ewout van der Dussen and his wife Catharina van der Hoeff, both from 1626, at Kasteel Sypesteyn, Loosdrecht (see E. de Jongh, Portretten van Echt en Trouw, exhibition catalogue Haarlem, 1986, pp. 131/33, no. 21, with ill.).
Johan Camerlin, son of Nicolaas Cornelis Camerlin and Elisabeth Cornelisdr. van Assendelft, was Pensionary of the city of Delft and became curator of the University of Leyden in 1636. His political eminence and importance is demonstrated by his selection as a member of a delegation, sent as Ambassadeur Extraordinarus by the States General to Great Britain from January to May 1621, during the crucial period when the twelve year's Treuce between Spain and the United Provinces was to come to an end. The delegates' task was to obtain the support of King James I during the intermediate period before and after the scheduled end of the Treuce. He was to be knighted by the King. Camerlin married Cornelia Wiealnt, daughter of Cornelis Wielant and Basha van Egmond van Cranenbrouck on 15 August 1595
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Miereveldt, the most succesful portrait painter of his time in the Northern Netherlands and famous for his portraits of William of Orange and members of the Stadholder's Court, here followed his established formula: three quarter length static poses, with the sitters facing each other. This formula, which Miereveldt made his speciality and which he and his studio would follow throughout his career, is evident in the portraits of Ewout van der Dussen and his wife Catharina van der Hoeff, both from 1626, at Kasteel Sypesteyn, Loosdrecht (see E. de Jongh, Portretten van Echt en Trouw, exhibition catalogue Haarlem, 1986, pp. 131/33, no. 21, with ill.).
Johan Camerlin, son of Nicolaas Cornelis Camerlin and Elisabeth Cornelisdr. van Assendelft, was Pensionary of the city of Delft and became curator of the University of Leyden in 1636. His political eminence and importance is demonstrated by his selection as a member of a delegation, sent as Ambassadeur Extraordinarus by the States General to Great Britain from January to May 1621, during the crucial period when the twelve year's Treuce between Spain and the United Provinces was to come to an end. The delegates' task was to obtain the support of King James I during the intermediate period before and after the scheduled end of the Treuce. He was to be knighted by the King. Camerlin married Cornelia Wiealnt, daughter of Cornelis Wielant and Basha van Egmond van Cranenbrouck on 15 August 1595
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