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Portrait of Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza
Also titled Portret van Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza
1601
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 6.9 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
1600 – the Battle of Nieuwpoort. A familiar date for many Dutch people. The Dutch States and Spanish armies meet on the beach near Nieuwpoort in Flanders. Maurice wins narrowly. The Spanish general Mendoza is removed to the Republic as a prisoner of war. An embarrassing situation and a major loss of face. And yet while in captivity Mendoza has himself portrayed in full regalia and with befitting dignity by a Dutch artist.
