The World of Johan de Witt in Dordrecht

April 28 2025

Video: RTV Dordrecht

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The Dordrecht Museums have just opened a new exhibition celebrating the life of Johan de Witt, a key patron and figure in the Dutch Republic. The show is supported by loans from across the Netherlands, including the Allegory of War (1664) by Jan Lievens and Allegory of Peace (1669) by Adriaen Hanneman commissioned by de Witt for the Senate at the Binnenhof.

The museum have also taken the opportunity of restoring a group portrait featuring de Witt's sister Maria by Caspar Netscher. The museum have posted this photo of what her face looked like pre-retouching:

Can you imagine having to tackle that? Thank goodness there was a copy of the painting to help reconstruct what her face looked like before. Click on the link above to see how the painting appears now.

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