Portrait of François van Aerssen (1572-1641), Lord of Sommelsdijk, De Plaat and Spijk

About this artwork

coat of arms, top right: quartered, 1 and 4, a saltire chequered black and silver over a horizontal blackbar on a gold field; 2 and 3, three black martlets on a gold field. The coat is set in a chain with a medal hanging from it.

About the Artist

Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt · 1567–1641

Son of the goldsmith Jan Michielsen van Miereveldt and a pupil (when he was 12 years old) of Antonio Blocklandt (known as Montfort) in Utrecht and later of Willem Willemsz. It is very difficult to distinguish his work from the innumerable copies of his paintings that he allowed to be made, even sometimes signing them with his own name. Basically a portrait painter, he also painted historical and ...