Mary stuart, daughter of the english king, was the wife of the dutch stadtholder william ii of orange-nassau. She died when she was only 29 years old. This portrait was made a few years later by hanneman, the most important portrait painter in the hague at the time. Mary is dressed as an 'american' or 'native american', ready for a costume ball. She wears a feather cloak and a turban with ostrich feathers. The black servant next to her makes it even more exotic. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: circa 1664. Dimensions: height: 129.5 cm (50.9 in) ; width: 119.3 cm (46.9 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Mary Henrietta, Princess Royal. Collection: Mauritshuis. Posthumous Portrait of Mary I Stuart with a Servant by Adriaen Hanneman Mauritshuis 429
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