Portrait of Francisco Lopes Suasso as a Young Man
Nicolaes Maes
ca. 1677
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Don Francisco (Abraham Israel) Lopes Suasso (ca. 1657–1710) was a prominent financier of Portuguese Jewish heritage. In 1688, he lent Prince William of Orange two million guilders, enabling him to invade England and assume the throne there, where he became King William III. In this portrait by Rembrandt’s pupil, the Dutch painter Nicolaes Maes, Suasso appears as a young man in his twenties, dressed in lavish and colorful attire in a rich interior.
Credits
Courtesy Amsterdam Museum.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.
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