Studio of Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt (1567-1641)

Portrait of Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1567-1625), small bust length wearing a gold embroidered brown jacket with lace collar and a precious stone in a gold setting hanging from a ribbon around his neck, in a painted oval

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Studio of Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt (1567-1641)
Portrait of Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1567-1625), small bust length wearing a gold embroidered brown jacket with lace collar and a precious stone in a gold setting hanging from a ribbon around his neck, in a painted oval
oil on panel
30.5 x 20.7 cm

Provenance

J. Ahrens, Berlin (label on the reverse)

Lot Essay

The pose of the sitter derives from the full length portrait by Miereveldt in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (see P.J.J. van Thiel, Alle Schilderijen van het Rijksmuseum te Amsterdam, 1976, p.383, inv.no.A255, ill.).

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