Northern Netherlands (?)
Portrait of a Boy, c. 1610–1615
Oil on canvas, 47 x 38 cm.
Inventory number: 0019NMK
Bestowed, 1908
The sensitively executed child portrait probably shows the later Frederik III or his brother, Prince Christian. The painterly qualities such as the details of the dress, the puffed, feather-light collar and the gold brocade are characteristic of van Doordt’s popular court style. The boy’s facial features, the intense and serious gaze, as well as the playful hairstyle are painted by an artist with a great sense of detail and harmonious expression. The work has previously belonged to the great Golden Age portraitist, C.A. Jensen.
