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Oval portrait of Joan Derk baron van der Capellen tot den Pol (1741-1784). Van der Capellen was a Dutch politician and nobleman who played an important role in the patriot movement. He supported the American Revolutionary War and criticized the political and regent system. He is best known as the author of the anonymously published pamphlet Aan het Volk van Nederland, which was distributed in all major cities of the Republic on the night of 25 to 26 September 1781. Etching and engraving by Willem van Senus (ca.1770 - 1851), after the painting by Johan Antoni Kaldenbach (1760-1818). Published in Amsterdam by Evert Maaskamp (1769-1834), c. 1790. Signed in print. Source: Gelderland Collection, 2015.
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