Portrait of an Officer

Portrait of an Officer

At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Jan van Ravesteyn was one of the most important portrait painters in The Hague. He painted a series of twenty-five officers’ portraits, all in the same layout, with the men depicted from the hips up and wearing armour. Their helmets are decorated with orange plumes, referring to the commander-in-chief of the army, Prince Maurits of Orange. The series of portraits comes from one of the Orange family’s palaces in The Hague.
General information
Artist Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn (en studio) (c. 1572 - 1657)
Titel Portrait of an Officer
Dating 1612
Object name painting
Material and technical details
Technique oil
Material canvas
Dimensions height: 117.5 cm
width: 96.4 cm
Other details
Inscriptions signed and dated: R / An: 1612
bears inscription: 23.
Inventory number 143
Origin Honselaarsdijk Palace, Naaldwijk, in or before 1694; Nationale Konst-Gallery, The Hague, 1804-1805; Nationaal Kabinet (Royal Museum), ‘Besoigne-Kamer’ (the Business Affairs Room) and Picture Gallery of Prince Willem V, The Hague, 1805-1821; transferred, 1822; on long-term loan to the National Military Museum, Soest, since 2017

location mauritshuis Plein 29
2511 CS Den Haag