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Hendrik van den Bosch

Kingdom of the Netherlands, d. 1736

Portrait of Dirk van Cloon, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Portrait of Christoffel van Swoll (Swol, Zwol), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Portrait of Hendrik Swaardecroon (Hendrick Zwaardecroon), Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
Portrait of Diederik van Durven (1676-1740)

Kingdom of the Netherlands, d. 1736

Hendrik van den Bosch was a Kingdom of the Netherlands Rococo painting painter. 8 works are cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum, most of them oil paintings.

Hendrik van den Bosch made formal portraits of Dutch East India Company leaders. His brush captured men like Dirk van Cloon and Diederik van Durven, each shown in rich oil on copper, keeping their rank visible in lace and gold. These stiff-collared faces belong to a vanished colonial world. Tap the copper portrait of Swaardecroon to step inside the 1720s boardroom of power.

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