Portrait of Ernestine Yolande (1594-1663), Princess of Ligne. 마우리츠하위스(Mauritshuis). 덴하그(Den Haag, 헤이그:Hague)

Portrait of Ernestine Yolande (1594-1663), Princess of Ligne.

마우리츠하위스(Mauritshuis).

덴하그(Den Haag, 헤이그:Hague). 네덜란드(Netherland)

• Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn
• Portrait of Ernestine Yolande (1594-1663), Princess of Ligne
• after 1618

This painting comes from the family of Johan Maurits, for whom the Mauritshuis was built. The inscription on the portrait tells us who the lady is: Ernestina, femme de conte Jan de Nassau – wife of Count Jan of Nassau. The Jan in question was the half-brother of Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen. To the dismay of the rest of his Protestant family, Jan was openly Catholic.

 

Jan van Ravesteyn painted Ernestina in all her finery, with a costly tiara of pearls and orange blossom in her hair.

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