Jacoba Bicker (1640-95). Echtgenote van Pieter de Graeff
1663
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
51; 36
About this artwork
coat of arms, bottom left: ‘gevierendeeld: I en IV in goud een rode dwarsbalk, II en III in zilver drie zwarte helmstokken boven elkaar.’
Art Historical Context
This elegant 1663 portrait by Caspar Netscher captures Jacoba Bicker, a member of one of Amsterdam’s most influential regent families, at around age twenty-three. Painted shortly after her marriage to Pieter de Graeff, the work celebrates her status through refined detail and heraldic symbolism. The coat of arms in the lower left, quartered with a red fess on gold and three black helmet stakes on silver, proudly references her Bicker lineage, underscoring the intertwining of personal identity and political power in the Dutch Republic. Netscher, trained in the meticulous fijnschilder tradition...
About the Artist
Caspar Netscher · 1639–1684
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