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Isaac de l'Ostal de Saint-Martin (c 1629-96), Councillor of the Dutch East Indies and Commander of the Garrison at Batavia
Also titled Isaac de l'Ostal de Saint-Martin (ca 1629-96). Raad ordinair van Nederlands Oost Indië en commandeur van het garnizoen in Batavia
Jan de Baen (Haarlem, 1633–1702)
1650 - 1702
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Isaac de l'Ostal de Saint-Martin, by Jan de Baen (?) (c. 1660-1670). Frenchman Isaac de l'Ostal de Saint-Martin (c. 1629-1696) enjoyed a glorious career as a soldier in the service of the VOC between 1657 and 1683. He was stationed at Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Malabar and Ternate. He also fought several hostile Indonesians. In 1683 De Saint-Martin returned to the Netherlands in command of a fleet, only to return two years later to Batavia. He was appointed to the council of the Indies. Chaired by the governor-general, this body was the Dutch administration in Asia. De Saint-Martin remained on the council until his death in 1696. De Saint Martin is depicted as a senior military officer, rather than as a bureaucrat. In his hand is his staff of command. The painting must have been made in the Netherlands, perhaps during his short stay here, or perhaps even earlier.
