Portrait of Otto Brahe (1578-1652), anonymous, c. 1605 - c. 1610

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait of Otto Brahe (1578-1652)

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-876

Inscriptions / marks

inscription, upper right: ‘CAP,N. OTTEBRAE’ (in yellow paint, retouched with red, N in superscript)

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.

Creation

Artist

painter: anonymous

Dating

c. 1605 - c. 1610

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

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

Subject

What

historical persons

When

1610 - 1610

Who

Otto Brahe

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transfer 1885

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

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 481, 482
Maurits Prins van Oranje
Kolders : van modieus militair kledingstuk tot slagveldreliek, Eveline Sint Nicolaas, Harm Stevens, afb. 18

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.7040

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