Willem I of Nassau, Prince of Orange, known as William the Silent (1533 - 1584)
after Adriaen Thomasz. Key (Antwerp c.1544 - Antwerp after 1589)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on panel (octagonal)
Measurements
222 x 216 mm (8 3/4 x 8 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Flanders (Belgium from 1830)
Order this imageCollection
Westwood Manor, Wiltshire
NT 222670
Summary
Oil painting panel (octagonal), Willem I of Nassau, Prince of Orange, known as William the Silent (1533 - 1584), after Adriaen Thomasz. Key (Antwerp c.1544 – Antwerp after 1589). An octagonal head-and-shoulders portrait, looking slightly right, facing, with lace collar. This is a copy -probably English, and of the 17th Century - of the portrait-type of which the/an original is in the Rijksmuseum (inv. A 3148). Such images were still multiplied in the 17th century, because he was regarded as a great Protestant hero and martyr.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Edgar Graham Lister (1873 – 1956) with the house and collection of furniture in 1956.
Credit line
Westwood Manor, The Lister Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
after Adriaen Thomasz. Key (Antwerp c.1544 - Antwerp after 1589) , artist