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Title | Posthumous portrait of Mary I Stuart (1631- 1660) with a servant, Adriaen Hanneman |
Library | Mauritshuis |
Date | c.1664 |
Description | In this painting Mary I Stuart is seen in a magnificent satin gown over which she wears a South American cloak of coloured feathers. Mary's headdress is decorated with pearls and ostrich feathers. Such costumes were worn by ladies at court to masquerades, or costume balls. Mary Stuart is dressed here as an Indian princess. Feathered cloaks of this kind had been brought from Brazil as early as 1644 by Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen. The artist Hanneman heightened the exotic aura of the painting by adding the black page, himself splendidly decked out with a gleaming pearl in his ear. |
Document Type | Painting |
Primary Commodity | Miscellaneous |
Theme | Trade and Commerce; Art and Literature |
Keywords | commerce, clothes, fancy goods, exportation, jewellery |
Region | South America |
Places | Brazil |
Additional Information | Maria I Stuart (1631-1660) was the wife of Prince Willem II of Orange Nassau, stadholder of the Northern Netherlands. This portrait by Hanneman, a prominent portraitist of The Hague, was made a couple of years after the sitter's death, at the request of her son, Willem III. |
Copyright | Adriaen Hanneman, c. 1604 – 1671, Posthumous portrait of Mary I Stuart (1631-1660) with a servant, c.1664, Canvas, 129.5 x 119.3, Mauritshuis, The Hague |