Portrait of a Young Woman

1630 | Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt

The severe and stiff posture as well as the objective and sober observation of detail, especially such fashionable features as the ruff collar, illustrate the influence that 16thcentury tradition had on this portraiture specialist, who was kept busy working for the House of Orange. In his psychological approach to this unidentified subject, who has a male counterpart in a private Swiss collection, Mierevelt reveals himself as an effective forerunner of the great Dutch portraiture of the 17th century.

Artist:
Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (1567 - 1641 Delft)

Time:
1630

Object Name
Painting

Culture
Dutch

Material/technology:
oak wood

Dimensions:
Overall: 70,2 cm × 57,8 cm
Framed: 99 cm × 87,3 cm × 6,5 cm

Signed
Inscribed middle right: A° 1630. M. Mierevalt

Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 9030

Provenance
Count Kielmannsegg, Prague; 1941 acquired by the gallery Sanct Lucas;

Junger Mann Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt Ende 16. / Anfang 17. Jahrhundert

Männliches Bildnis J. Löwy, K. und K. Hof-Photograph, Kunst- und Verlagsanstalt (Wien) 1888 bis 1910

Christ and the Disciples in Emmaus Michelangelo Merisi, gen. Caravaggio before 1614 or around 1621

on view: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie Room V

The Lute Player Hendrick Terbrugghen around 1626

on view: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie Room V

Mann mit Schildkröten Jusepe de Ribera, gen. Lo Spagnoletto 1615/16

Tobias Heals His Blind Father Gérard Douffet ca. 1620

Madonna of the Rosary Michelangelo Merisi, gen. Caravaggio around 1603

on view: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie

Bildnis einer Dame Michiel Sittow frühes 16. Jahrhundert

Geburt Christi J. Löwy, K. und K. Hof-Photograph, Kunst- und Verlagsanstalt (Wien) 1888 bis 1891

Mary Rose Tudor (1496-1533), Schwester Heinrichs VIII. von England (?) J. Löwy, K. und K. Hof-Photograph, Kunst- und Verlagsanstalt (Wien) 1888 bis 1891