Portrait of Paulus Verschuur, Served seven terms as Burgomaster of Rotterdam and also Director of the Rotterdam Chamber of the East India Company, elected 1651, by Pieter van der Werff, 1695 - 1722
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Portrait of Paulus Verschuur, Served seven terms as Burgomaster of Rotterdam and also Director of the Rotterdam Chamber of the East India Company, elected 1651

Also titled Paulus Verschuur (1606-67), gekozen in 1651

Pieter van der Werff (Kralingen-Ambacht, 1665–1722)

1695 - 1722

Medium
canvas, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
height 82 cm x width 68 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

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About this work

Portret van Paulus Verschuur (1606-67), gekozen in 1651. Koopman en meerdere malen burgemeester van Rotterdam. Buste in ovaal naar rechts. Vrije kopie naar het portret van Frans Hals uit 1643 in de Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Onderdeel van een reeks portretten van de bewindhebbers van de Rotterdamse Kamer van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, vervaardigd voor het Nieuw Oost-Indisch Huis uit 1698 aan de Boompjes te Rotterdam.