Portrait of Philips (1566-95, Count of Nassau

The portrait was created in 1621 in Holland, executed in oil paint on panel. It was owned by Maurice of Nassau, who held the work during his lifetime. The painting subsequently entered the collection of the Rijksmuseum, where it is housed at the Stadhouderlijk Hof location in the Netherlands.

The work is catalogued as an anonymous painting depicting Philip of Nassau, with no surviving record of a specific commission or attribution to a named artist.

The portrait is held by the Rijksmuseum, the National Art Gallery of the Netherlands, and is located at the Stadhouderlijk Hof. Prior to its current institutional custody, the painting was owned by Maurice of Nassau. The work was produced in Holland in 1621 and is executed in oil paint on panel, measuring 29.7 cm in height by 24.3 cm in width.

No specific exhibition history is documented in the available sources.

The work entered the collection of Maurice of Nassau shortly after its creation and now resides in the Rijksmuseum, where it is displayed in the Stadhouderlijk Hof section.

Scholarship identifies the subject as Philip of Nassau, Count of Nassau, and places the painting firmly within the early Dutch portrait tradition of the 1620s.

Its formal qualities, oil on panel, modest dimensions of 29.7 cm by 24.3 cm, and restrained composition, reflect the influence of contemporary portraitists such as Gerrit van Honthorst, situating it alongside other courtly portraits from the period.

The work is an oil painting portraying a man against a dark backdrop. He is dressed in a black doublet with a white collar, a gold chain, and a brown leather shoulder piece that resembles armor. His hair is short and neatly trimmed, and his expression is serious, softened by a faint smile. The composition centers on his illuminated face.