Gerrit de Graeff (III.) van Zuid-Polsbroek (* Feb 24, 1766 in Amsterdam - † Dec 16, 1814) was a member of an influential regent family of Amsterdam, who have played an important role in the Dutch Golden Age.
De Graeff was a son of Gerrit de Graeff II., Regent of Amsterdam, and Christina Baroness van Herzeele. In 1794 he was married to Emilia Henriette Stadlander (1766 - 1826). They couple had four children:
The family lived at Herengracht in a ma...
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Gerrit de Graeff (III.) van Zuid-Polsbroek (* Feb 24, 1766 in Amsterdam - † Dec 16, 1814) was a member of an influential regent family of Amsterdam, who have played an important role in the Dutch Golden Age.
De Graeff was a son of Gerrit de Graeff II., Regent of Amsterdam, and Christina Baroness van Herzeele. In 1794 he was married to Emilia Henriette Stadlander (1766 - 1826). They couple had four children:
The family lived at Herengracht in a mansion now the Tassenmuseum Hendrikje. Most of the time he resided at his castle Ilpenstein, and he also owned the country estate Bronstee near Heemstede. At Ilpenstein De Graeff has owned a big art collection, incluiding paintings from Rembrandt van Rijn, Gerard Ter Borch and Jacob van Ruisdael. The collection some very famous pictures like Catharina Hooft with her Nurse, painted by Frans Hals, and the Pickenoys representative Marriage portraits from Cornelis de Graeff and Catharina Hooft. Both are seen now at the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
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