File:Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt - Jacob Cats.jpg

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Summary

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt: Portrait of Jacob Cats (1577-1660)

Artist



Alternative names	Michiel Jansz. van Miereveld, Michiel van Miereveld, Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt, Michiel van Miereveldt, Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Michael Janszen Mierevelt, Michael Jansz. van Miereveldt
Description	Dutch painter, drawer, engraver and visual artist court painter to the Prince of Orange.
Date of birth/death	1 May 1566	27 June 1641
Location of birth/death	Delft	Delft
Work period	1631 / 1610
Work location	Utrecht (ca. 1581-1583), Delft (1583-1641), The Hague (1625-1634)
Authority file	: Q864092 VIAF: 51961814 ISNI: 0000000110268025 ULAN: 500025466 LCCN: no99091021 WGA: m/mierevel WorldCat

and



Alternative names	Mr. Jacob Cats, Heer van Wulpen en Finningley
Description	Dutch poet, writer, jurist, large estate owner, politician and humorist
Date of birth/death	10 November 1577 / 1577	12 September 1660
Location of birth/death	Schouwen-Duiveland	The Hague
Work period	1603 –1660
Work location	Middelburg; Dordrecht; The Hague
Authority file	: Q46151 VIAF: 29577792 ISNI: 0000000108833136 ULAN: 500315575 LCCN: n80023616 NLA: 35845469 WorldCat

Painting by van Mierevelt, poem by Cats

Title

Portrait of Jacob Cats, Grand Pensionary of Holland and West-Friesland and Poet

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Jacob Cats

Date

1639

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

height: 67.1 cm (26.4 in); width: 57 cm (22.4 in)

Collection

Rijksmuseum

	Native name	Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
	Location	Amsterdam
	Coordinates	52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E
	Established	1800
	Website	rijksmuseum.nl
	Authority file	: Q190804 VIAF: 159624082 ISNI: 0000000121961335 ULAN: 500246547 LCCN: n79007489 NLA: 36126463 WorldCat

Accession number

SK-C-180

Object history

1842: bequeathed to the city of Amsterdam by Adriaan van der Hoop (1778-1854), Amsterdam

30 June 1885: lent to Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, by the city of Amsterdam

Inscriptions

center left:

AEtatis. 61. A^o 1639. M. Miereveld.

Inscriptions on the frame:

HOMERVS
VIRGILIVS
OVIDIVS
HORATIVS
Als ick dit beelt aensie en van mijn eerste jaren. / Soo leer ick dat de tijt verloopt gelyck de haren / [...]

References

Source/Photographer

2. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1. Unknown source

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current	01:53, 2 December 2014	5,054 × 5,904 (3.45 MB)	Oursana	Source:http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.10655
	11:16, 28 September 2013	2,140 × 2,500 (1.88 MB)	Jan Arkesteijn	higher resolution
	21:09, 16 July 2007	852 × 1,000 (63 KB)	Jan Arkesteijn	Reverted to earlier revision
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	16:19, 6 November 2005	852 × 1,000 (63 KB)	Dedden