Portrait of Jan van Broeckhoven

Beschrijving

Oval portrait of Jan van Broeckhoven (1513-1588) steward of Rijnland and burgomaster of Leiden; half-length turned towards left with landscape view from the window on the right. Signed and dated in margin around oval at lower left: ‘HGoltzius. A. 1579’, further Dutch text and the age of the sitter: ‘GELVCK VOOR GVNST. AETAT SVUAE 66’. As this print is the second state, the name of the sitter is added on the wall above his left shoulder: ‘I.v.Broeklov / Burg Mr. / der Stad / Leiden’.