# Portrait of Pieter Meijer, Publisher and Bookseller in Amsterdam

- By: Hendrik Pothoven (Amsterdam, ca. –1807)
- Date: 1750 - 1781
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 4.3 cm
- Credit line: G. Meijer Warnars Bequest, Zutphen
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-663--7419be606abbb82d0d2d9c857d1d62c6)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/4d76d2ac67e397efcddcb8f6ce2a0112.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Pieter Meijer, attributed to Hendrik Pothoven (1736-1807). Pieter Meijer (1718-1781) was one of the founders in 1767 of a society to promote and develop new lifesaving techniques - the Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen. Meijer was a poet who ran a bookshop and publishing company in Amsterdam, selling the publications of various societies.