Willem Wissing

12 works held in 5 museums

Dutch portrait painter at the English court, 1656-1687

Portrait of a Woman, c. 1687.

Willem Wissing (Dutch), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Queen Mary II (1662-94), c. 1685.

Willem Wissing (Dutch), oil on canvas

Government Art Collection, United Kingdom

Mary Sherard, Mrs Peter Whitcombe (d.1663), Willem Wissing

Mary Sherard, Mrs Peter Whitcombe (d.1663), c. 1683.

Willem Wissing (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Trust, United Kingdom

William III (1650-1702) when Prince of Orange, Willem Wissing

William III (1650-1702) when Prince of Orange, c. 1686.

Willem Wissing (Dutch), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Margaret (“Peg”) Hughes (d1719), Actress and Mistress of Prince Rupert [identity uncertain], Willem Wissing

Margaret (“Peg”) Hughes (d1719), Actress and Mistress of Prince Rupert [identity uncertain], c. 1685.

Willem Wissing (Dutch), oil on canvas

Government Art Collection, United Kingdom

James, Duke of Cambridge (1663-7), Willem Wissing

James, Duke of Cambridge (1663-7), c. 1676–1687.

Willem Wissing (Dutch), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Mary II (1662-94) when Princess of Orange, Willem Wissing

Mary II (1662-94) when Princess of Orange, c. 1686–1687.

Willem Wissing (Dutch), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Charles II (1630-1685), c. 1683.

Willem Wissing (Dutch), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Mary II (1662-94) when Princess of Orange, c. 1685.

Willem Wissing (Dutch), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Portrait of Henrietta and Mary Hyde, Willem Wissing

Portrait of Henrietta and Mary Hyde, c. 1683–1685.

Willem Wissing (Dutch), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

William III (1650-1702) when Prince of Orange, 1685.

Willem Wissing (Dutch), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Queen Anne (1665-1714) when Princess of Denmark, Willem Wissing

Queen Anne (1665-1714) when Princess of Denmark, c. 1683.

Willem Wissing (Dutch), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Works by Willem Wissing (1656-1687), in the public domain in France and across the European Union, each linked to its record in the institution that holds it. Born in Amsterdam, trained in The Hague and then in London under Peter Lely, he became portraitist to the court of James II and died at thirty-one. Only works that the institutions attribute to him without reservation and for which a free photograph of at least 900 pixels on the short side exists are shown. The photographs are faithful reproductions of flat works (public-domain files from Wikimedia Commons; CC0 for the Metropolitan Museum of Art). Titles are those of the institutions, with their translation.