# Portrait of Cornelis Backer (1633-81), councillor, alderman, and colonel of the Amsterdam militia

- By: Caspar Netscher (Heidelberg, 1639–1684)
- Date: 1660 - 1684
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 9 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-729--8b4786e5c9d3ab639ea4c9a6e62b1781)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/9d74aa4b0e906f8cfa7e0b05ec69fc40.jpg
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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.