# Portrait of Caspar Commelin, bookseller, newspaper publisher and author of the official history of Amsterdam 'Beschrijvinghe van Amsterdam'of 1693

- By: David van der Plas (Amsterdam, 1647–1704)
- Date: 1693 - 1704
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 7 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-517--b7ccfa0944dc65384e0992183a18c18c)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/a4fcf4abf6647fb9f54b071d59afd43c.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Caspar Commelin, historian, by David van der Plaes. Caspar Commelin (1636-1693) compiled a two-part history of the city of Amsterdam. Unusually, the city council gave him permission to consult the city archives. In his hand Commelin is holding his 'Beschrijvinge van Amsterdam' which has fallen open at a page showing a print of the old town hall on Dam Square.