Posthumous Portrait of Mary I Stuart (1631- 1660) with a Servant

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Posthumous Portrait of Mary I Stuart (1631- 1660) with a Servant

Adriaen Hanneman
c.c.1664

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The English princess Mary Stuart was married to the Dutch stadholder Willem II and died aged only 29. Hanneman painted this posthumous portrait a couple of years later.

Mary is ready for a fancy-dress ball and wears a white dress, an ostrich feather turban and a Brazilian feathered cloak. Her servant is fastening a string of pearls, but Mary seems not to notice him. The black boy is reduced to an ‘exotic’ accessory, with which Hanneman emphasizes Mary’s white skin and elevated position.

oil on canvas
129.5 x 119.3 cm.
Acquired in or before 1875