Portrait of Ambrogio Spinola, Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, 1609

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Ambrogio Spinola
Portrait of Ambrogio Spinola (1569-1630)

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3953

Inscriptions / marks

signature, date and inscription, centre left: ‘Effigie MARCH AMBR. / SPINOLÆ, Ætatis.39 / Pitore Michiel Mierevelde 1609’

Description

Portret van Ambrogio Spinola, opperbevelhebber der Spaanse troepen in de Zuidelijke Nederlanden. Heupstuk, staande in wapenrusting bij een tafel waarop de helm met pluimen staat. Commandostaf in de rechterhand, de linkerhand op het gevest van zijn degen. Aan een ketting om de hals het embleem van de Orde van het Gulden Vlies.

Creation

Artist

painter: Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (signed by artist)

Dating

1609

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

support: height 119 cm × width 87.5 cm

Subject

What

When

1609 - 1625

Where

Who

Ambrogio Spinola (markies de los Balbases)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1959

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; sale, The Earl of Ancaster et al. [section W.D. Clark], London (Sotheby´s), 26 November 1958, no. 30, to the dealer D.A. Hoogendijk, Amsterdam; from whom, fl. 6,500, to the museum, 1959

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

De portretfabriek van Michiel van Mierevelt (1566-1641), Anita Jansen, Rudolf E.O. Ekkart, Johanneke Verhave, Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, p. 71, afb. 6; p. 75, afb. 12a
Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 259, 260
Maurits Prins van Oranje
De eer en hoogheid van de Staat : over de plaats der Verenigde Nederlanden in het diplomatieke leven van de 17e eeuw, J. Heringa, A.L.A. Mooy, p. 86
Aanwinsten
Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

Persistent URL

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