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Biscuit porcelain bust of a long-haired man with a moustache in mid 17th century dress (doublet, collar and gown), on a pedestal in the form of a fluted column with a moulded spreading base. Johan de Witt (1625 - 1672) Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1653, a leader of the Republican party which excluded the House of Orange from power after 1654. Overthrown together with his brother in 1672 and lynched by the mob. After a posthumous portrait by Aert Schouman (1710 - 1792) engraved by Jacobus Houbraken.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30108
Creation/Production
Loosdrecht
Schouman, Aert.
Date: 1780-1784
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 22.8
Length
(cm): 8.5
Width
(cm): 8.5
Height
(in): 9
Length
(in): 3
Width
(in): 3
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
Front Hall, North Balcony : Case D
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