Blomaert’s contemporary, Michiel Jansz Mierevelt (1567-1641), who
was at one time Court painter to the Princes of Orange at The Hague,
and was with undue flattery hailed as the “New Xeuxis of Delft,” is
represented by the _Portrait of Olden Barnevelt_ (No. 2465) and three
other portraits, one of which (No. 2466) is in a very bad state. Stiff
but characteristic is the _Portrait of a Woman_ (No. 2534), which was
painted by Jan van Ravesteyn (1572-1657) in 1633, while his initials
are also found on a panel (No. 2535) which was commissioned of him in
the following year. Although Gerard Verspronck (1600-1651) was many
years his junior, and in 1641, in the period of his maturity, achieved
the _Portrait of a Lady_ (No. 2576A), the top corners of which have
been added, he painted on the lines of tradition, and showed little
originality. He came under the influence of Frans Hals, under whose
name his pictures often pass.