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Description: | Countess Amalia van Solms-Braunfels (1602-1675). Daughter of Count Johann Albrecht, Lord Chamberlain to Frederick V of the Palatinate in Heidelberg. In 1621, she arrived in The Hague as Lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Bohemia, Elizabeth Stuart, who resided there in exile with her husband, the Winter King'. In 1625 she married Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584-1647); see companion portrait, also in the Brodick collection. Amalia was the architect of a number of royal marriages, including that of her son William II, Prince of Orange, to Mary, Princess Royal of England and Scotland (daughter of King Charles I of England). After the death of her son William II she became the main guardian of her grandson William III (Prince William III of Orange and later also King William III of England). | Subjects: | portrait (Solms-Braunfels Countess Amalia van) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Dyck, Anthony van (Flemish painter, 1599-1641, active in England) Æ After Previously attributed to studio of Dyck, Anthony van (Flemish painter, 1599-1641, active in England) Previously attributed to Honthorst, Gerrit van (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1590-1656, active in Italy) Previously attributed to Pourbus, Frans, the younger (Flemish painter, 1569-1622) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8592... | Go to resource |
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