Dutch School late 16th century - Portrait of Willem I of Orange - image-1

Lot 62 Dα

Dutch School late 16th century - Portrait of Willem I of Orange

Auction 1126 - overview Cologne
20.03.2019, 14:30 - Paintings 15th to 19th Centuries
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.500 €
Result: 6.820 € (incl. premium)

Dutch School late 16th century

Portrait of Willem I of Orange

Oil on panel (parquetted). 68 x 52 cm.

Inscribed to the upper edge: "GVILLE.DE.NASSAU.PRINCE.DOREGE:
The facial features in this work follow those depicted in Adriaen Thomasz. Keys' portrait of Wilhelm I of Orange which is now housed in the Rijksmuseum (inv. no. SK-A-3148). The clothing is here replaced by a breastplate and the sitter is depicted bare-headed.
The work is registered in the archives of the RKD in The Hague under the number 138907.

Provenance

Auctioned by Christie´s, London, 29.10.1993, lot 55. - Italian private collection.