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Portrait of Laurens Real (1583-1637), half-length. He wears a hat, mill collar and chain. On the left in the background a hilly landscape with palm trees. On the plinth are his coat of arms with a motto in Latin and his name and function in Dutch. Reaal was a Dutch director and governor-general of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He was a versatile man who specialized in nautical science and the study of world trade. Etching and engraving by Dirk Jongman (c. 1684 - after 1726), after a drawing by Matthijs Balen (1684-1766). Incorporated as an illustration in: François Valentyn. "Old and New East Indies, containing a precise and detailed treatise on Dutch power in those regions." Dordrecht and Amsterdam, J. van Braam and G. onder de Linden, 1724. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2015.
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