Catharina Pietersdr Hooft was a woman of the Dutch Golden Age. She became famous at a very early age, when she was painted by Frans Hals.
Catharina as a child, by Frans Hals. In her hand she holds a silver rattle with bells, a status symbol.
The 18-year-old Catharina Hooft, second wife of Cornelis de Graeff, by Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy in the Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Allegory of Cornelis de Graeff as leader of his people: Cornelis de Graeff as Isaac with his wife Catharina Hooft as Rebecca with their sons Pieter and Jakob as Jacob and Esau, painted by Jan Victors (1652)
The Arrival of Cornelis de Graeff and Members of His Family at Soestdijk, His Country Estate by Jacob van Ruisdael and Thomas de Keyser, (1656/1660), National Gallery of Ireland
Johan de Witt was a Dutch statesman and mathematician who was a major political figure during the First Stadtholderless Period, when flourishing global trade in a period of rapid European colonial exp
Catharina Hooft
…the captain of Rembrandt van Rijn's painting The Night Watch, through her cousin Maria Overlander van Purmerland. Likewise, Netherlands great statesman Johan de Witt was her nephew. Catharina Hooft was portrayed at the age of three by Frans Hals in his famous painting Catharina Hooft with her nurse. This painting…
Portrait by Adriaen Hanneman, 1665
Overview of the personal family relationships of the Amsterdam oligarchy between the regent-dynasties Boelens Loen, De Graeff, Bicker (van Swieten), Witsen and Johan de Witt in the Dutch Golden Age
Portrait of Johan de Witt (after Jan de Baen)