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Portrait of a Little Boy, Possibly Louis of Nassau
Also titled Portret van een jongetje, wellicht Lodewijk van Nassau
1604
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 90 cm x width 69 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of A. de Pinto, The Hague
- 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
This sitter is probably Louis of Nassau, an illegitimate son of Maurice. He is depicted wearing a gold medal bearing a portrait of his father. This medal was struck to celebrate the Capture of Grave in 1602. Louis was born at that time and is eighteen months old in this portrait. Did Maurice dedicate his victory to his youngest scion?
