# Prince Maurits, Stadhouder [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MIEREVELD, Michiel Jansz. van]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel, 220 x 140 cm ## Commentary In the first decades of the 17th century we find centres of portraiture at Delft and The Hague where at various times the stadhouder had his court, the States-General its seat, and most foreign diplomats resided. Michiel Jansz. van Miereveld and his pupil Jan Anthonisz van Ravensteyn \(c. 1572-1657\) are the outstanding names. Both artists inspired a host of minor painters. Their portraits are restrained, rather dry visual reports, competent in draughtsmanship and with only a moderate decorative effect. Costumes, armour, and faces are rendered with the same meticulous care and reliability. Miereveld was, it seems, prepared to make some adjustments in the features of a countenance to satisfy a foreign client. Miereveld enjoyed a greater reputation - particularly among court circles in The Hague - and he kept a workshop busy making portraits of members of the house of Orange-Nassau and other noble families. Maurits is represented in the gilded suit of armour the States-General had given him for his military victory at Nieuwpoort in 1600. The portrait thus makes claims for the Stadhouder's indispensability to the States-General and the Republic. Van Miereveld's studio produced numerous paintings of the prince. ## 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]()