Provenance

Commissioned for the Stadtholder's court at The Hague, in 1641, presumably by or for the sitter's husband, William II, Prince of Orange (1626-1650)
possibly recorded in the 1654 inventory of the collection of the sitter's mother-in-law, Amalia van Solms (1602-1675), at Huis ten Bosch, The Hague, as 'Een schilderije van princesse royale, mede bij Van Dijck gedaen'
possibly recorded in the 1695 inventory of the Stadtholder's collection at the Oranienstein Palace, as '2 grosze stücke presentirend printz Wilhelm der 2te von Oranien und desen frau, die princessin royale, in lebensgrösze'
J. Gadney
sale Sotheby's, London, 15 December 1976, nr. 59
anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 17 November 1989, nr. 41, when acquired by the present owner
sale Christie's, London, 6 December 2018, nr. 15

Other works by Anthony van Dyck

Portrait of William II as a Child with a Whipper

Saint Thomas

Charles I and Henrietta Maria with their Two Eldest Children
c. 1632

Rinaldo and Armida

The Pombroke Family
c. 1635