Portrait of Willemina van Braeckel
by VERSPRONCK, Jan Cornelisz, Oil on canvas, 84 x 67 cm
The companion piece represents Anthonie Charles de Liedekercke, the husband of the sitter.
Anthonie Charles, captain at sea and from 1640-41 envoy in Morocco, and Willemina were married in 1627 in Amsterdam. At the time they lived in Haarlem and had their portraits made by the second famous portrait painter, Verspronck.