Model of the Memorial of J.F. de Friderici

Model of the Memorial of J.F. de Friderici

NG-2006-109

• : ‘Geboutzeerd van Papier // Door G. Schouten ... // Te Surinaame’
• : ‘Ter Gedachtenisse // van nu Weylen Den Hoog // Edele Gestrengen Heere // Juriaan Francois Friderici // in zijn Edele Gestrenge leeven // oud Majoor Generaal in diensten // van de staate der vereenigde // Nederlanden oud gouverneur // en commandant en cheff over // de colonie Suriname // overleeden in de ouderdom van // 61 jaaren in de colonie surinaame // op den 11 october MDCCCXII.’

Jurriaan François de Friderici, former soldier and Governor-General of Suriname from 1790 to 1802, died in 1812. Alongside his military career, he was also a planter and owned thirteen plantations. After his death, a memorial for him – most likely after this design by Gerrit Schouten – was placed in the Dutch Reformed Koepelkerk. The monument was lost in the fire that destroyed the city in 1821.

1812

53.5 cm x 42 cm x 13 cm

Gift of Jonkheer F.W.A. Beelaerts van Blokland, Bloemendaal

Public domain

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