# Portrait of Jan Nieuwenhuyzen

- By: Adriaan de Lelie (Tilburg, 1755–1820)
- Date: 1780 - 1806
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 63 cm x width 50.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2856--fc95e4892e2ffa63b4230c128b466c78)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/PxdVL/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)

Jan Nieuwenhuyzen was a bookseller, printer and Mennonite preacher. Together with a few kindred spirits, in 1784 he founded the Maatschappij tot Nut van ’t Algemeen (Society for Public Advancement). The society strove to raise the spiritual and moral level of society, mainly by contributing to the improvement of general education.