Johan de Witt
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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
Portrait by Adriaen Hanneman, 1665
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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)
Rampjaar
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In 1672, the Dutch Republic faced simultaneous invasions from France, England, and the German bishoprics of Münster and Cologne in what became known as the Rampjaar. The French Royal Army, under Louis
Johan de Witt
…elected Grand Pensionary of Holland, and together with his uncle Cornelis de Graeff, he controlled the Dutch political system from around 1650 until the Rampjaar (Disaster Year) of 1672. This progressive cooperation between the two statesmen, and the consequent support of Amsterdam under the rule of De Graeff…
Allegory on the French Invasion of 1672 by Jan van Wijckersloot (1673)
Prince's Day by Jan Steen (ca. 1665): Supporters of the Prince of Orange drink to the health of the Nassau line on the Prince's birthday.
Louis XIV crossing the Rhine by Adam Frans van der Meulen.
The bodies of the De Witt brothers, by Jan de Baen.