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Portrait of Gerard Schaep van Cortenhoeff
Also titled Portret van Gerard Schaep van Cortenhoeff
Bartholomeus Eggers (Amsterdam, 1637–voor)
c. 1663 - c. 1666
- Medium
- marble (rock)
- Classification
- bust
- Dimensions
- x weight 136 kg
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Zeeuws Museum (Middelburg), collection KZGW, inv. nr. G2222
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Gerard Schaep was one of the conservative Calvinists among the Amsterdam regents. He was held in high esteem for his many years of public service: he was elected mayor a total of eleven times and served as the Republic’s envoy extraordinary to Denmark and Sweden. This lofty status warranted a monumental bust portrait in marble.
