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Portrait of Engelbert II, Count of Nassau
Count Engelbert had himself portrayed with his hunting falcon, like a typical member of the nobility. His family had governed parts of Brabant for years. Engelbert served the Dukes of Burgundy in various administrative and military capacities. In 1496, Philip the Fair appointed him as his agent in the Low Countries.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25F33(FALCON)
- http://iconclass.org/46A1241(GOLDEN FLEECE)1
- http://iconclass.org/61B2
- Nassau-Dillenburg-Breda, Engelbrecht II graaf van
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Gift of H.W.C. Tietje, Amsterdam
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25F33(FALCON)
- http://iconclass.org/46A1241(GOLDEN FLEECE)1
- http://iconclass.org/61B2
- Nassau-Dillenburg-Breda, Engelbrecht II graaf van
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Gift of H.W.C. Tietje, Amsterdam
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.1480 - c.1490
Place-Time
- fourth quarter 15th century
Places
- Southern Netherlands
- Zuidelijke Nederlanden
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.105
- Brussels
- Brussel
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.4622
Provenance
- ...; ? estate inventory, palace of the Nassau family, Brussels, 1618, no. 31 (‘Le pourtraict de Messire Engelbert de Nassau, peint à huile, sur bois’);{Transcribed in Pinchart 1864, p. 276, no. 31.} …; Hollingworth Magniac (1786-1867), Colworth House, Bedfordshire, known as the Colworth collection, 1862;{Charles Robinson, Notice of the principal works of art in the collection of Hollingworth Magniac, Esq., of Colworth, unpublished 1862; see the catalogue for his sale, London, Christie’s, 2 July 1892 sqq.} his sale, 2 July 1892 sqq., no. 77, as unknown Flemish master, dated 1497, 120 gns, to the dealer Durlacher;{Copy RKD.} …; collection Wickham Flower, Guildford and London, 1899;{London 1899, p. 11, no. 47.} his deceased sale, et al., London (Christie’s), 17 December 1904, no. 46, 270 gns, to the dealer Dowdeswell;{Copy Sotheby’s London.} …; collection Berthold Richter, Berlin, 1906;{Berlin 1906, p. 28, no. 93.} ...; sale, Rudolf Peltzer (†) (Cologne) et al., Amsterdam (F. Muller), 26 May 1914 sqq., no. 329, as Anonymous, 15th century, fl. 7,000;{Copy RKD.} …; collection Michiel Onnes van Nijenrode (1878-1972), Kasteel Nijenrode, Breukelen;{Information from the collector.} his sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller), 4 July 1933 sqq., no. 4, fl. 5,200, to the dealer Jacques Goudstikker, for the museum, as a gift from Dr Hans Wilhelm Christian Tietje (1895-?), Amsterdam, 1933{Copy RKD.}
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.9538
- SK-A-3140
Extent
- height 33.5 cm
- width 24 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:15:15.789Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:44.700Z