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Catalogue number: Bartsch 285.
Jan Six (1618-1700) was an important cultural figure in the golden age of the Netherlands. The son of a well-to-do merchant family Six, Jan studied liberal arts and law in Leiden in 1634. He became the son-in-law of the mayor of Amsterdam, Nicolaes Tulp in 1655 when he married his daughter Margaretha. Thanks to his father-in-law, he became magistrate of family law and various other appointments on the city council, eventually becoming mayor of Amsterdam himself in 1691 at the ripe age of 73. He was a friend of Rembrandt who painted a remarkable portrait of him.
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