Jacob Jansz. Coeman ( Amsterdam? ca 1632- 9 April 1676, Batavia, Dutch East Indies) was a Dutch painter of portraits. Coeman worked in the style of Thomas de Keyser. In 1655 he married Hester Wils, either from Haarlem or Den Briel. His father lived in Kalverstraat and was a supervisor in the

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. The couple had two children. In 1663 he left for Batavia. Besides Joan Maetsuycker and

Johan Bax van Herenthals Johan Bax van Herenthals (14 March 1637 – 29 June 1678), also written as Joan Bax, and van Herentals, was born in 's-Hertogenbosch and was the governor of the Dutch Cape Colony from 1676 succeeding the acting interim governor IJsbrand Godske. ...

he famously painted a portrait of

Pieter Cnoll Pieter Cnoll, also known as Pieter Knoll (d. 1672), was a Dutch merchant who was employed by the United East India Company (VOC). Cnoll, who was born in Amsterdam, joined the VOC's accounting department at some point before 1647 and was sent to t ...

with his half Japanese wife

Cornelia van Nijenroode Cornelia van Nijenroode (1629 1692) was a Dutch merchant in the Dutch East Indies, famous for her conflict with her second husband. Life Van Nijenroode was born in Hirado, Japan, to Cornelis van Nijenroode (d. 1633), the manager of the Dut ...

and his family in Batavia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Coeman, Jacob Jansz 1630s births 1673 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Amsterdam