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Portrait of Jan Gerritsz van Egmond van de Nijenburg
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This sitter was a member of a prominent Dutch family. He served as bailiff and burgomaster of Alkmaar. In his right hand he holds a prayer nut encased in silver or gold, an extremely costly object for private devotion. He used it to demonstrate his piety, but also, and primarily, his affluence.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit linePortrait of Jan Gerritsz van Egmond van de Nijenburg. after 1507. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
