Dutch 1567-1641 Michiel Janszoon van Miereveld was born in Delft on 1 May 1567 and died in 1641 on 27 June in the same city Van Mierevelts works are housed in many European private and public collections including twenty-three examples in the Rijks Museum, Amsterdam alone, other works are housed in Copenhagen, Cologne, National portrait gallery, Madrid’s and Prado and the Louvre, Paris.