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08 Feb ' 06:23
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Mayor’s portrait
7 February 2009 – At an auction, the Amsterdam Historical Museum has acquired a portrait of Cornelis Hendricksz Loen, Mayor of Amsterdam between 1529 and 1533, by an unknown painter. After a restoration, the painting will be put on display.
According to the museum, individual portraits of sixteenth century Amsterdammers are rare. “Precisely the sixteenth century marks in Amsterdam the transition from the portrait in a religious context to the independent secular portrait. The economic boom has definitely contributed to that. Increasingly, leading merchants strived for political influence. A portrait on the wall could underline the desired status”.
Cornelis Hendricksz Loen (1481-1547) was exijnsmeester (responsible for collecting import duties) and schepen (alderman) before he became mayor. In 1934, he lived at Warmoesstraat number 50, at the time the most important street of the city.
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