Portrait of Frank van Borselen, Lord of Sint Maartensdijk and Stadtholder of Holland, fourth Husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, Countess of Holland and Zeeland (Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut)
after c. 1480
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
h 64cm × w 50cm
Classification
painting
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
About this artwork
Portret van Frank van Borselen (overl. 1470). Vierde echtgenoot van Jacoba van Beieren. Stadhouder van Zeeland. Ten halven lijve, staande achter een houten blad, iets naar links. Om de hals een ketting met het kruis van de Orde van St. Antonius. Rechtboven het familiewapen. Zestiende-eeuwse kopie naar het origineel uit ca. 1435. Pendant van SK-A-498.
Art Historical Context
This evocative portrait captures Frank van Borselen (. 1470), a prominent 15th-century nobleman who served as Lord of Sint Maartensijk and Stadtholder Zeeland. He was the fourth husband Jacoba of Bavaria (Jacqueline, Countess ofainault, Holland, and Zeeland a resilient countess whose turbulent life shaped medieval Low Countries politics amid dynastic struggles and wars of succession. Painted as a half-length figure standing slightly turned to the left behind a wooden parapet, van Borselen exudes authority, his neck adorned with the cross of the Order of St. Antonius—a prestigious knightly orde...
About the Artist
anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...