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Portrait of an Officer

Jan van Ravesteyn1612

Mauritshuis

Mauritshuis
Den Haag, Netherlands

At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Jan van Ravesteyn was one of the most important portrait painters in The Hague. He painted a series of twenty-five officers’ portraits, all in the same layout, with the men depicted from the hips upwards and wearing armour. Their helmets are decorated with orange plumes, referring to the commander-in-chief of the army, Prince Maurits of Orange. The series of portraits comes from one of the Orange family’s palaces in The Hague.

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  • Title: Portrait of an Officer
  • Creator: Ravesteyn, Jan Anthonisz van
  • Date Created: 1612
  • Physical Dimensions: h114.5 cm x w97.5 cm
  • Provenance: Honselaarsdijk Palace, Naaldwijk, in or before 1694; Nationale Konst-Gallery, The Hague, 1804-1805; Nationaal Kabinet (Royal Museum), ‘Besoigne-Kamer’ (the Business Affairs Room) and Picture Gallery of Prince William V, The Hague, 1805-1821; transferred, 1822
  • Type: Painting
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
Mauritshuis

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