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Portrait of Andries Bicker
Bartholomeus van der Helst1642
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Andries Bicker, a merchant in Russia and dealer in spices, wielded enormous administrative power. He was elected mayor of Amsterdam ten times, represented the city in the States-General, and served as ambassador to the Scandinavian nations, Poland and the Duchy of Brandenburg. When he sat to the celebrated Amsterdam portraitist Van der Helst, the Bickers were the most powerful family in the city.
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- Title: Portrait of Andries Bicker
- Creator: Helst, Bartholomeus van der
- Date Created: 1642
- Physical Dimensions: paneel
- Subject Keywords: economische geschiedenis, politieke geschiedenis, Siberië, Amsterdam, Bicker, Andries
- Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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