Portrait of David van Mollen and Son-in-Law Jacob Sydervelt with his Family

Portrait of David van Mollen and Son-in-Law Jacob Sydervelt with his Family

SK-C-1658

signature and date: ‘Nic. Verkolje 1740’

David van Mollem (left) is seated in the garden of his country house Zijdebalen on the River Vecht. He was portrayed by Nicolaas Verkolje, who also designed his garden. Van Mollem was a silk merchant and a major shareholder of the Utrechtsche Compagnie. This Company bought the Suriname Utrecht coffee plantation in 1736 and thus became the ‘owner’ of 37 men, 20 women and 2 children, who were forced to work on the plantation unpaid.

Michiel Jonker, 'Nicolaas Verkolje : een malse wijze van werken', Museum tijdschrift 24 (2011) nr. 1, p. 16-19, afb.

painter: Nicolaas Verkolje

1740

olieverf op paneel

height 63.5 cm x width 79 cm

On loan from the Amsterdams Historisch Museum

Public domain

Michiel Jonker, 'Nicolaas Verkolje : een malse wijze van werken', Museum tijdschrift 24 (2011) nr. 1, p. 16-19, afb.

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200412674