Haarlem, Suyderhoef, Jonas, Portrait of David Nuyts, verso - stamped, Antwerp merchant and director of the East India Company. Nuyts is dressed in a black cloak with a pleated collar above it. At the bottom in the margin an eight-line verse in Dutch., print, prent, prints, prenten, L. Suyderhoef sculpture, bottom left - engraved, ON THE IMAGE OF MR. DAVID NUYTS, bottom center in the margin - engraved, Here you see David Nuyts done as if from life, In copper well cut and written in art, So that this painting would be a mirror, To the abundance of wealth, to show its bounty against coming pain, To generously show its help to the poor, And to feed and nourish the hungry, Then the complaining would stop, then the sighing would be over, That Heaven still gave us so much Nuyts., height 372 mm, width 269 mm, 1613 - 1686-05-09, print maker, printmaker, 1631 - 1686, second quarter 17th century, third quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process)