Portrait of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt

workshop of Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, in or after c. 1616

In this portrait Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is 67 years old. For close to thirty years he has held the highest governmental position in Holland and been the most powerful politician in the Republic. For a long time he is someone to contend with. Maurice is greatly indebted to him, yet after 1610 a conflict arises between them that gravely disrupts the country. Which of them will determine the future?

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-257
  • Dimensionssupport: height 62.5 cm x width 48.7 cm, outer size: depth 8.5 cm (support incl. frame)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Portrait of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547-1619)
    • Portrait of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-257

  • Description

    Portret van Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, landsadvocaat van Holland. Buste, driekwart naar rechts.

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: workshop of Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt

  • Dating

    in or after c. 1616

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 62.5 cm x width 48.7 cm
    • outer size: depth 8.5 cm (support incl. frame)

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Period

    1610 - 1619

Exhibitions

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    • purchase 2016-03-11
    • purchase 1800-08-30
    • interne vervaardiging 2016-03-11
    • interne vervaardiging 1800-08-30

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from the dealer C.S. Roos, fl. 400, as P. Moreelse, with three other paintings, to the museum, 30 August 1800{Moes/Van Biema 1909, pp. 33, 161, 208, where it is incorrectly stated that the painting was sold by the museum in 1828; Van Thiel 1981a, p. 188, no. 3.}

Documentation

    • H. Brand en J.W. Koopmans, 'Willem Lodewijk, Stadhouder en strateeg (1560-1620-2020)’, Hilversum 2020, p. 71
    • De inrichting van de Nationale Konst-Gallery in het openingsjaar 1800, uit: Oud Holland, 95, 1981, 4, pagina pp. 170-227 - p. 188, afb. 37(zie: http://www.jstor.org/stable/42711068)

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