Portrait of Henrick Hooft
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
69.7; 9.5; 60
About this artwork
outer size: depth 9.5 cm (support incl. frame)
Art Historical Context
### Portrait of Henrick H Michiel Jansz van Mivelt, a leading portraitist of the Dutch Golden Age (1567–1641), crafted this striking *Portrait of Henrick H* in 1640. Van Mierevelt, who served as court painter to princes of Orange, was renowned for his meticulous, lifelike depictions of the Dutch elite—merchants, officials, andghers whose rising prosperity fueled the era's artistic boom. This oil on panel, measuring 69.7 cm high by 60 cm wide ( a frame depth of 9.5 cm), captures the intimate scale typical of such works, ideal for private display in affluent homes. Van Mierevelt's technique sh...
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 ...