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Portrait of Jacob Baron van Wassenaer, Lord of Obdam, Lieutenant-Admiral of Holland and West-Friesland
Also titled Jacob baron van Wassenaer (1610-65), heer van Obdam. Luitenant-admiraal van Holland en West-Friesland
Abraham Evertsz. van Westerveld (ca. –1692)
1640 - 1665
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 6 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Jacob Baron van Wassenaer, Lord of Obdam, by Abraham Westervelt, c. 1673. Born into an old Dutch noble family (1610-1665) Obdam began his career in the Republic's territorial army. This offered better prospects for aristocrats than the navy. Nevertheless, in1653 Obdam transferred to the fleet. He became lieutenant admiral on the death of Maarten Tromp. Obdam was killed at the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667) in the Battle of Lowestoft off England's east coast.
