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Portrait of Leonardus van der Voort
Johan Bernard Scheffer1799
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leonardus van der Voort was one of Holland’s delegates to the National Assembly. He holds the draft of the Constitution of the Batavian Republic of 1796, a forerunner of the first Constitution of 1798. He wears the sash donned by all of the people’s delegates. As far as is known, this is the only painted portrait of a member of the National Assembly.
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- Title: Portrait of Leonardus van der Voort
- Creator: Scheffer, Johan Bernard
- Date Created: 1799
- Physical Dimensions: olieverf
- Subject Keywords: portret, verkiezingen, politieke geschiedenis, Eerste Nationale Vergadering, Heusden, Bataafse Republiek, Nationale Vergadering, Voort, Leonardus van der
- Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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