Prince Charles Louis, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, and Duke of Bavaria (1618–1680), aged 17
after Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt (Delft 1567 – Delft 1641)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1634 (bears date) - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
699 x 584 mm (27 1/2 x 23 in)
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Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129139
Caption
Prince Charles Louis was Elector Palatine, second son of Frederick V of Bohemia (1596-1632) and Elizabeth of Bohemia (1596-1662), daughter of James I. He is here shown wearing armour, with the sash of the Order of the Garter shown unusually over his right shoulder. This suggests that this picture was copied from an engraving – probably that by W. Delff of 1634.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Prince Charles Louis, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, and Duke of Bavaria, (1618–1680), aged 17, after Michiel Jansz van Miereveldt (Delft 1567 – Delft 1641). Inscribed mid left: Ætatis, 17./Ao. 1634. A bust portrait turned to right, wearing armour, white lace collar and blue sash with the Garter medal over his right shoulder; grey background.
Provenance
Originally at Londesborough (demolished 1819); Bolton Abbey; in Lady Louisa Cavendish 1860 catalogue of Hardwick Hall; thence by descent until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959
Credit line
Hardwick Hall, The Devonshire Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
after Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt (Delft 1567 – Delft 1641), artist