Regents and Regentesses of the Lepers' Asylum, Amsterdam, 1834-35
Painter: Jan Adam Kruseman
Year:
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Medium: oil on canvas
Description: Group portrait of the regents and regentesses of the leper house of Amsterdam 1834-35. Seated around a table: Ludovicus Hamerster Ameshoff, Jan van der Meer de Wijs, Michiel Abraham van Peene Pietersz, Jacoba Wilhelmina de Meyn, née van der Meulen, Sara Maria Joanna van der Poorten van Vollenhoven, née Berg and Catharina Elisabeth van Vloten, née Bagman. On the table are books and papers and an inkstand, leaning against a table leg more books. On the back wall a painting of the Town Hall on Dam Square.