# Portrait of Jonkheer Jan Willem Janssens, Governor of the Cape Colony and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

- By: Jan Willem Pieneman (Abcoude, 1779–1853)
- Date: 1815 - 1838
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 9 cm
- Credit line: W.M. Janssens-Arriëns Bequest, The Hague
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2219--19147b136b801ff2ab5021938c41f7d4)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/MwLQT/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)

J.W. Janssens, by J.W. Pieneman (1789-1853). J.W. Janssens was appointed governor of Cape Colony in 1802. In 1806 he was forced to hand over the territory to the British. This was the end of Dutch rule in the south of Africa.