17th century Flemish and Dutch paintings

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Gerard van Honthorst
Portrait of Prince William III and his aunt Princess Maria of Orange-Nassau
Oil on canvas : 130,7 X 108,4 cm
Signed and dated bottom left of the middle “GHONTHORST / 1653”
The Hague, Mauritshuis
 
Until the age of 5 or 6 little boys and girls wore the same clothes, hence 
Prince William III (at left) is dressed here as a small girl. He died when Maria was
Only 8 years old, one week before his son, William III, was born.

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