# Portrait of Gerard Schaep van Cortenhoeff

- By: Bartholomeus Eggers (Amsterdam, 1637–voor)
- Date: c. 1663 - c. 1666
- Medium: marble (rock)
- Classification: bust
- Dimensions: x weight 136 kg
- Credit line: On loan from the Zeeuws Museum (Middelburg), collection KZGW, inv. nr. G2222
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-C-2012-1--17787ba9f6a0a30f9ad9c0ebf66f90ad)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/rboWm/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.