Bust of Jacob Willemsen

anoniem1774

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Joannes de Mol had this portrait of his teacher Willemsen made in the German city of Schretzheim, after an engraving by Reinier Vinkeles. He did this with a specific goal in mind, namely to test the skills of the porcelain worker who was seeking employment at the Loosdrecht factory.

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Title: Bust of Jacob Willemsen
Creator: anoniem
Date Created: 1774
Physical Dimensions: porselein
Subject Keywords: Willemsen, Jacobus
Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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