# Portrait of Adam van Westerwolt (1580-1639)

- By: anonymous
- Date: 1636
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: outer size: depth 10 cm (support incl. frame)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2665--8fa3da380c253315241ec14fb31cdc64)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/099a37c77d97dec63885d6beaeb68be4.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Adam van Westerwolt, by M.J. van Miereveld, 1636. After a succession of posts in the VOC, Adam van Westerwolt (1580-1639) was appointed to the East Indies Council, an important position within the VOC in Asia. In 1637 he was sent as admiral of a VOC-fleet to blockade Portuguese trade in the Indian city of Goa. Van Westerwolt commissioned this portrait shortly before leaving for Asia. On the table is an astrolabe, a navigational instrument.