Portrait of Syrius de Bethune (?-1649), Lord of Cogni, Mareuil, le Beysel, Toulon, Conegory and Chastillon
Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt
c. 1615 - c. 1633
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
24.2; 29.1; 1
About this artwork
inscriptie, rechtsboven: ‘M. De Bethune / M. m. Mireveld’
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 ...