Frederick Hendrick, Prince of Orange, with His Wife Amalia van Solms and Their Three Youngest Daughters
by HONTHORST, Gerrit van, Oil on canvas, 264 cm x 348 cm
The painting represents Frederick Henry (Frederik Hendrik in Dutch) (1584-1647), Prince of Orange and Stadholder of Holland from 1625 to 1647. He was the youngest child of William the Silent, and was born at Delft about six months before his father’s assassination. Frederick Henry was married in 1625 to Amalia van Solms-Braunfels, and left one son, William II of Orange, and four daughters. In the centre of the painting is Amalia, at her side their youngest daughter Maria. On the right are their daughters Albertina Agnes and Henrietta.