Pieter Teyler van der Hulst
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Pieter Teyler van der Hulst was a wealthy Dutch Mennonite merchant and banker, who died childless, leaving a legacy of two million florins to the pursuit of religion, arts and science in his hometown,
Portrait of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst, 1787, by Wybrand Hendriks (after a painting by Frans Decker, since lost). Pieter Teyler is portrayed both as a financier with his "Intrest Boek" -the "Interest Book" he used to track interest rates and outstanding loans- and also as a collector, with art albums in the background. The portrait hangs in the Smaller Boardroom in Teylers Foundation House.
Pieter Teyler's pewter inkstand (depicted in his portrait above) is still in the collection of Teylers Museum.
Signature and blazon of Pieter Teyler.
The front door of Teylers Fundatiehuis. Until the Spaarne wing was built in 1885, access to Teylers Museum was gained through this door: the front door of Pieter Teyler's residence.
Teylers Oval Room
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The Oval Room in the Teylers Museum was the first part of the museum that was opened in 1784. It could be entered through the garden of the fundatiehuis, the former home of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst
Picture taken during a rare tour of the gallery
Painting by the museum art curator Wybrand Hendriks in 1800 of the interior of the Oval Room, showing the elektriseermachine of Martin van Marum
design by Viervant
View from the Fundatiehuis of the observatory on the top of the Oval room