Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt is remembered for work the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt as Dutch painter (1566–1641).
Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt was born at Delft in 1566. His recorded nationality is Netherlands.
This was the period in which the artist became an individual with a signature, a reputation and a price.
He worked as painter, draftsperson and engraver.
Among his best-known works are Portrait of Cornelis van Aerssen (1545-1627), Portrait of François van Aerssen (1572-1641) and Portrait of Willem I (1533-84), prince of Orange, called William the Silent. A painting outlives the argument about it, which is the only durable form of an artistic reputation.
That the work was made in Netherlands shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt died in 1641, aged 75. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Portrait of Cornelis van Aerssen (1545-1627)
- Notable work: Portrait of François van Aerssen (1572-1641)
- Notable work: Portrait of Willem I (1533-84), prince of Orange, called William the Silent
