Studio of Michiel van Mierevelt (Delft 1567-1641)
Lot 106

Studio of Michiel van Mierevelt (Delft 1567-1641)

Portrait of Willem Lodewijk, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1560-1620) in armor, bust-length

Closed19 June 2020

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Studio of Michiel van Mierevelt (Delft 1567-1641)
Portrait of Willem Lodewijk, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1560-1620) in armor, bust-length
oil on panel, unframed
23 x 18 5/8 in. (58.4 x 47.3 cm.)

Mrs. Dwyer-Hampton; Christie's, London, 18 June 1934, lot 64, as 'Mierevelt, Portrait of Jan de Nassau, Prince of Orange' (19 gns. to Parker).
Mrs. Arthur B. Cooke (according to a label on the reverse).
Private collection, New York, from whom acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

This composition was engraved by Willem Jacobsz. Delff in 1633. Further versions from Mierevelt's studio are today in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and Fries Museum, Leeuwarden.