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ADRIAEN HANNEMAN (1604-71)
William III (1650-1702) when Prince of Orange
RCIN 405640
Hanneman trained in The Hague but worked in England from 1623 – 36, where he studied the work of his rival Anthony van Dyck. This portrait was painted in The Hague at a time when the young nephew of Charles II had no office within the Dutch state and no hope of gaining the British crown.