Portrait of Otto Brahe (1578-1652)

anoniem, anonymous, anonymous, anoniem, c. 1605 - c. 1610

Portret van Otto Brahe. Kapitein van een compagnie Denen ter repartitie van Zeeland; trad in 1610 in Brandenburgse dienst. Staande, ten halven lijve, de rechterhand in de zij, de linkerhand om het gevest van de degen.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-A-876
Dimensionssupport: height 95.6 cm x width 84.2 cm, outer size: depth 9.5 cm (support incl. frame)
Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

Title(s)
Portrait of Otto Brahe (1578-1652)
Object type
Object number
SK-A-876
Description
Portret van Otto Brahe. Kapitein van een compagnie Denen ter repartitie van Zeeland; trad in 1610 in Brandenburgse dienst. Staande, ten halven lijve, de rechterhand in de zij, de linkerhand om het gevest van de degen.
Inscriptions / marks
inscription, upper right: ‘CAP,N. OTTEBRAE’
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Creation

Creation
- painter: anoniem
- painter: anonymous
Dating
c. 1605 - c. 1610
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Material and technique

Physical description
oil on canvas
Material
Dimensions
- support: height 95.6 cm x width 84.2 cm
- outer size: depth 9.5 cm (support incl. frame)

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Person
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Acquisition and rights

Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
? Commissioned by or for Willem Lodewijk (1560-1620); ? estate inventory, Frisian Stadholder’s Court, Leeuwarden, 16 August 1633, large blue room (‘Veertien stuck schildereien van capiteinen’), and the room next to the large room (‘Seeventien schildereien van capiteinen en ritmeisters.’);{Drossaers/Lunsingh Scheurleer II,1974, p. 53.} inventory of paintings, Frisian Stadholder’s Court, Leeuwarden, c. 1800, Garde du Corps Hall (‘17. Capt Brae’); {Tresoar, Leeuwarden, Familiearchief Van Eysinga-Vegelin van Claerbergen, inv. no. 536; Mulder-Radetzky 1997, pp. 197, 203.}...; Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1876; transferred to the museum, 1885; on loan to the Nederlands Legermuseum, Delft, 1953-2000

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