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Portrait of Jacob Jacobsz Steendam, Poet and Historian in Amsterdam, New Amsterdam and Batavia
Jan Maurits Quinkhard, 1732 - 1771
Jacob Jacobsz Steendam, by J.M. Quinckhard, 18th century. Colonist, merchant and man of letters, Jacob Steendam (1615-1673) lived in New Amsterdam, a Dutch settlement later captured and renamed New York by the English. He imported slaves to New Netherland from West Africa. Steendam is better known for his poetry. It was in New Netherland that he wrote his Prickelvaersen encouraging the foundation of a colony on the Delaware river.
- Artwork typepainting, grisaille
- Object numberSK-A-4583
- Dimensionsheight 11 cm x width 9.5 cm, height 13.5 cm x width 10.8 cm, height 34.8 cm x width 17 cm x depth 2 cm
- Physical characteristicsolieverf op koper