Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn (and studio)

Portrait of an Officer

143 voorzijde
143 detail signatuur en datering
143 achterzijde
143 ingelijst
143 voorzijde
143 voorzijde

Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn (and studio)
Portrait of an Officer

Not on view

At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Jan van Ravesteyn was one of the most important portrait painters in The Hague. He painted a series of twenty-five officers’ portraits, all in the same layout, with the men depicted from the hips up and wearing armour. Their helmets are decorated with orange plumes, referring to the commander-in-chief of the army, Prince Maurits of Orange. The series of portraits comes from one of the Orange family’s palaces in The Hague.

Technical details
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Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn (and studio)
Portrait of an Officer

Not on view

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Details

General information
Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn (The Hague c. 1572 - 1657 The Hague) (and studio)
Portrait of an Officer
painting
143
Material and technical details
oil
canvas
117.5 x 96.4 cm
Inscriptions
lower left: R / An: 1612
lower right: 23.

Provenance

Honselaarsdijk Palace, Naaldwijk, in or before 1694; Nationale Konst-Gallery, The Hague, 1804-1805; Nationaal Kabinet (Royal Museum), ‘Besoigne-Kamer’ (the Business Affairs Room) and Picture Gallery of Prince Willem V, The Hague, 1805-1821; transferred, 1822; on long-term loan to the National Military Museum, Soest, since 2017