Daniel Mytens the Elder

c.1590–c.1647

Daniel Mytens the Elder, ‘Portrait of James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Later 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke of Hamilton, Aged 17’ 1623
Portrait of James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Later 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke of Hamilton, Aged 17 1623
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Biography

Daniël Mijtens (c. 1590 – 1647/48), known in England as Daniel Mytens the Elder, was a Dutch portrait painter who spent the central years of his career working in England.

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Daniel Mytens the Elder, ‘Portrait of James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Later 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke of Hamilton, Aged 17’ 1623

Daniel Mytens the Elder Portrait of James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Later 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke of Hamilton, Aged 17

1623
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Daniel Mytens the Elder, ‘Portrait of James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Later 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke of Hamilton, Aged 17’ 1623
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Portrait of James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Later 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke of Hamilton, Aged 17 1623: By Daniel Mytens the Elder

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attributed to Nicholas Hilliard, ‘Queen Elizabeth I’ c.1575
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Court

Court painters were artists employed by royal courts to paint portraits of the royal family and their courtiers

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Court Early Stuart Jacobean Netherlands-trained, working in Britain

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