# Portrait of Menno Baron van Coehoorn (1641-1704). General in the Artillery and Fortifications Engineer

- Date: 1675 - 1700
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 7.5 cm
- Credit line: M.D., Count van Limburg Stirum Bequest, The Hague
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-1552--1d335d43e2f6f88e8d360462ae42d4f1)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/f5e8aec736ddc4771893062600620da4.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Menno van Coehoorn, copy after Caspar Netscher. After the disasters of 1672 more attention was paid to the nation's defences. Baron Menno van Coehoorn (1641-1702) enjoyed an international reputation as an expert on fortifications. He received an academic education in mathematics and fortifications, then a subject taught at universities. In the late 17th century Menno van Coehoorn began work on a defensive line designed to keep the enemy in check the Republic's frontiers.