Adriaen Hanneman

Posthumous Portrait of Mary I Stuart (1631- 1660) with a Servant

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Adriaen Hanneman
Posthumous Portrait of Mary I Stuart (1631- 1660) with a Servant

1664 On view in Room 8

The English princess Mary Stuart was married to the Dutch stadholder Willem II and died aged only 29. Hanneman painted this posthumous portrait a couple of years later.

Mary is ready for a fancy-dress ball and wears a white dress, an ostrich feather turban and a Brazilian feathered cloak. Her servant is fastening a string of pearls, but Mary seems not to notice him. The black boy is reduced to an ‘exotic’ accessory, with which Hanneman emphasizes Mary’s white skin and elevated position.

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Adriaen Hanneman (The Hague c. 1604 - 1671 The Hague)
Posthumous Portrait of Mary I Stuart (1631- 1660) with a Servant
1664
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Room 8
Material and technical details
oil
canvas
129.5 x 119.3 cm

Provenance

Painted for Prince William III, The Hague [according to Mulder-Radetzky: Albertine Agnes, Leeuwarden, listed in 1681; D/LS 1974-1976, volume 2, p. 109, no. 811]; Honselaarsdijk Palace, Naaldwijk, 1755; acquired in or before 1875