Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of Philippe de Croy, Duke of Aerschot
- Date
- 1800s
- Medium
- watercolor on vellum in a later gilt-wood frame
- Culture
- Belgium, Flemish School, 19th century
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Heir of an illustrious Flemish family and a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Philippe de Croy held the position of governor of Antwerp and governor-general of Flanders. As such, he repeatedly served the interests of the Habsburg emperor Charles V and King Philip II in the Spanish imperial armor. He is represented in this vellum miniature wearing the ceremonial parade armor befitting a great general. His blued, etched, and gilded armor is probably of Augsburg make, a center many of the Habsburgs favored for its production of deluxe armor.
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