# Portraits of a Couple, possibly Pieter Gerritsz Bicker and Anna Codde

- By: Maarten van Heemskerck (Heemskerk, 1498–1574)
- Date: 1529
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: frame: height 101 cm x width 83.5 cm x thickness 5.5 cm
- Credit line: Gift of D. Katz, Dieren and N. Katz, Dieren
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-3518--2c64913eb13ed5f1c318b9da5f59157b)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/dRwRs/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)

A man is working on his accounts, while a woman is seated at a spinning wheel. This pair of portraits was probably painted for the couple’s engagement or wedding. He is portrayed as a prudent merchant, she as a diligent housewife. These are two of the earliest portraits of Dutch citizens.