# MIEREVELD, Michiel Jansz. van [View the canonical artist record]() ## Artist - Lifespan: 1567–1641 - Profession: painter - School: Dutch ## Biography Miereveld or Mierevelt, Dutch portrait painter, active mainly in his native Delft. In 1625 in The Hague he became Painter of the Princes of Orange. His portraits are mostly small in size, often busts only. They are dull and repetitive, but meticulously crafted and of great value as historical records. He was highly successful and enormously prolific. It is reported that Miereveld himself estimated that he made about 10.000 portraits. ## Related artworks - [Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Willem van der Meer]() - [Horace Vere, Baron Vere of Tilbury]() - [Jacob van Dalen, called Vallensis]() - [Margarthe van Clootwijk, Wife of Jacob van Dalen]() - [Portrait of a Lady with a Lace Collar and Pearls]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of a Woman]() - [Portrait of a Woman with a Lace Collar]() - [Portrait of a Young Woman]() - [Portrait of Frederick Hendrick, Prince of Orange-Nassau]() - [Portrait of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange-Nassau]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()