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Johannes Meerman

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Johannes Meerman
Portrait of Johannes Meerman by Jacobus Houbraken
Born1624
Died1675
NationalityDutch

Johannes Meerman (1624 – 1675) was a Dutch Golden Age mayor of Leiden who was a friend and assistant to Johan de Witt.

He was ambassador to England in 1667 where he helped close the Triple Alliance with England and Sweden. He commissioned a family portrait from the painter Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt that hangs in the Louvre.

  • Family portrait of Johannes Meerman Family portrait of Johannes Meerman

References

  1. Johannes Meerman in Van der Aa


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