Portrait of Otto Brahe (1578-1652)

anonymous, c. 1605 - c. 1610

Portret van Otto Brahe. Kapitein van een compagnie Denen ter repartitie van Zeeland; trad in 1610 in Brandenburgse dienst. Staande, ten halven lijve, de rechterhand in de zij, de linkerhand om het gevest van de degen.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-876
  • Dimensionssupport: height 95.6 cm x width 84.2 cm, outer size: depth 9.5 cm (support incl. frame)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Portrait of Otto Brahe (1578-1652)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-876

  • Description

    Portret van Otto Brahe. Kapitein van een compagnie Denen ter repartitie van Zeeland; trad in 1610 in Brandenburgse dienst. Staande, ten halven lijve, de rechterhand in de zij, de linkerhand om het gevest van de degen.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription, upper right: ‘CAP,N. OTTEBRAE’

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: anonymous

  • Dating

    c. 1605 - c. 1610

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 95.6 cm x width 84.2 cm
    • outer size: depth 9.5 cm (support incl. frame)

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Period

    1610

Exhibitions

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ? Commissioned by or for Willem Lodewijk (1560-1620); ? estate inventory, Frisian Stadholder’s Court, Leeuwarden, 16 August 1633, large blue room (‘Veertien stuck schildereien van capiteinen’), and the room next to the large room (‘Seeventien schildereien van capiteinen en ritmeisters.’);{Drossaers/Lunsingh Scheurleer II,1974, p. 53.} inventory of paintings, Frisian Stadholder’s Court, Leeuwarden, c. 1800, Garde du Corps Hall (‘17. Capt Brae’); {Tresoar, Leeuwarden, Familiearchief Van Eysinga-Vegelin van Claerbergen, inv. no. 536; Mulder-Radetzky 1997, pp. 197, 203.}…; Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1876; transferred to the museum, 1885; on loan to the Nederlands Legermuseum, Delft, 1953-2000

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