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Portrait of Cornelis Backer (1633-81), councillor, alderman, and colonel of the Amsterdam militia
Also titled Cornelis Backer (1633-81). Raad, schepen en kolonel der burgerij te Amsterdam
Caspar Netscher (Heidelberg, 1639–1684)
1660 - 1684
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 9 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
Cornelis Backer. Caspar Netscher. Cornelis Backer (1633-1681) was appointed to many functions in the civic administration of Amsterdam in 1658. He also served as a governor of the Dutch East India Company.
