Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Adam, Count von Schwarzenberg (1583 – 1641), Herrenmeister of the Johanniterorden and, later, Governor of Brandenburg. Oil on panel, 69 x 53 cm (27 x 20.9 in.). Signed and dated, center left: 'Aetatis 46. / A ° 1629 / M. Mierevelt'. Courtesy THE WEISS GALLERY at TEFAF Maastrich 2023

Provenance: Presumably by descent within the Schwarzenberg family;
Adolphe Schloss (1842 – 1910), Paris, by 1903; bequeathed to his wife
Lucie Schloss (1858 - 1938); to their children, who moved the entire collection from Paris to Château de Chambon, Laguenne on 20 August 1939 for safekeeping; until 16 April 1943 when confiscated by Vichy officials who relocated the whole collection to
Banque de France, Limoges; until 9 August 1943 when transferred to
CGQJ headquarters; kept here until 1 November 1943, when 262 Schloss paintings were sold to
The Linz Museum Project; transferred to
Jeu de Paume, Paris on 2 November 1943; then transferred to
The Führerbau, Munich on 24 November 1943; until 30 April 1945, when the Schloss-Linz paintings were stolen from the Führerbau;
Christie's, Rome, 12 April 1991, lot 60;
Private collection, Europe; until 2020 when restituted to the Schloss heirs.

Literature: 1903. Published in Catalogus van de tentoonstelling van oude portretten, by F. W. J. G. Snijder van Wissenkerke, page pp. 47 - 48, catalogue no. 84
1923. Published in Catalogue of the Schloss Collection, by Clotilde Brière-Misme, catalogue no. 158
11 August 1943. Published in Banque Dreyfus inventory, page p. 19, catalogue n°158
1943. Published in German inventory B323/1212, page p. 39, catalogue n°134
Published in Pusey register, directory of spoliated property n°244
1998. Published in Collection Schloss: oeuvres spoliées pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale non restituées, 1943-1998, by Marie Hamon-Jugnet, page p. 109.