Like the Portrait of a Lady of the Van Beijeren van Schagen Family (P2976), this portrait is a representative example of Mierevelt`s work in this genre. The support is also constructed in the same way, and is typical of this artist`s portraits.In the Baron van Aerssen Beijeren collection the picture is listed as a portrait of Willem van Beijeren van Schagen (1517-1548) and as pendant to the Portra
This painting belongs to the type of representative portrait developed by Mierevelt -restrained, highly detailed compositions focused on carefully reproducing faces and the garments that denote the sitters` social status. Analysis of the micro-samples taken from the background shows that the pigments were applied over a reddish grey-brown imprimatura layer. As is characteristic of Mierevelt’s port