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Copy after Michiel Jansz van Miereveld (Delft 1567-1641)
William, Prince of Orange (1533-84) c.1600-99
Oil on panel | 97.5 x 89.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 402649
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A poor copy after a famous original by Miereveld in the Rijksmuseum. The inscription explains that from the British perspective the sitter is first and foremost the ancestor of William III: ‘Great assertor of the Belgick libertys. Slain in the yeare 1584 and great grandfather to William Henry the glorious instrument in delivering England Scotland and Ireland from Popery and arbitrary power’.
Provenance
Acquired with other historical portraits in 1731 when Frederick Prince of Wales purchased the lease of Kew House from Samuel Molyneux, husband of Lady Elizabeth Capel (d. 1731).
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Medium and techniques
Oil on panel
Measurements
97.5 x 89.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
105.0 x 97.0 x 5.0 cm (frame, external)
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Alternative title(s)
William "the Silent", Prince of Orange (1533-84)
