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Portrait of Cornelis Speelman

Abraham Bloteling · in or after 1670 - c. 1690 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Bust of Cornelis Jansz. Speelman, Governor-General of the VOC. Speelman wears the chain with gold medal which he received for the successful subjugation of the province of Makassar on the island of Celebes. Below the portrait a verse on the naming of a fort on Celebes after the city of Rotterdam, the birthplace of Speelman.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print Cornelis Jansz. Speelman

Credit linePortret van Cornelis Speelman. in or after 1670 - c. 169. Abraham Bloteling. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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