拍品专文
Although Michiel Janz. van Mierevelt studied painting under Anthonie Blocklandt, an artist best known for his religious and mythological scenes, the former found great success as a portraitist. By 1607, he became the official painter to the Stadholder's court in Delft, where he completed portraits for members of the House of Orange-Nassau. His reputation was so esteemed, he set up workshops in both Delft and The Hague to meet demand. His studios were extremely productive, with some five hundred portraits surviving today. When the present portrait was exhibited by Galerie Sedelmeyer in 1896, it was illustrated in the catalogue alongside its presumed pendant, likewise dated 1616.