Cornelis Bicker
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Cornelis Bicker van Swieten, heer van Swieten, was an Amsterdam regent of the Dutch Republic during the Golden Age. He traded in sugar, was a governor of the Dutch West India Company and director of t
Portrait by Govaert Flinck, 1654
Officieren en andere schutters van wijk XIX in Amsterdam onder leiding van kapitein Cornelis Bicker en luitenant Frederick van Banchem, gereed voor de ontvangst van Maria de’ Medici, Rijksmuseum SK-C-393
This painting possibly shows princely troops along the Amstel river near Welna estate during William II's attack on Amsterdam.
David Bailly's portrait of Aertge Witsen.
Jacob Bicker
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Jacob Bicker was a Dutch patrician and merchant. He was a director of the Oostzeevaart, handling grain trade with Riga, since 1618 and a manager of the Dutch East India Company and between 1641-1646 m
Cornelis Bicker
…from Hugo Cuyk van Mierop - from these he later derived his noble title. In 1634 he was appointed a captain in the schutterij (civic guard). In 1641 Jacob Bicker succeeded him at the Wisselbank. In 1628, 1635, 1637, 1638, 1642 he was appointed schepen. Cornelis Bicker was member even of the "Bickerse league…
Engelenburg in 1732
Coat of arms Jacob Bicker as Lord of Engelenburg