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

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

h 112.2cm × w 86cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

panel; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

historical persons

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1951

Notes

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 ...

Collection Type

paintings

About Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt

1567–1641Dutch Republic

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 mythological works.