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The many lives of Jan Six : a portrait of an Amsterdam dynasty
- Title
- The many lives of Jan Six : a portrait of an Amsterdam dynasty / Geert Mak ; translation, Liz Waters.
- Author
- Mak, Geert
- Publication
- Amsterdam : Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, [2017]
- ©2017
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 21-2683 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 440, [4] pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm
- Summary
- "In 1654 the first Jan Six had his portrait painted by his friend Rembrandt van Rijn. It is considered the most beautiful portrait Rembrandt ever painted, and it is still part of the private collection in Amsterdam, where the Six family has lived for four centuries. The many lives of Jan Six tells the compelling history of this elite Amsterdam dynasty, of the city and its times, of ambitions and limitations, of grandeur and the constant fear of decline. The book also tells the story of the Sixes through these centuries: after the family patriarch came a second Jan Six, a third; every generation has known one Jan, until the present day. They held high positions: several members of the family were mayors of Amsterdam. Some came into great wealth, others were prominent scientists or stumbled through life hunchbacked, disinherited and broken-hearted. The Six archive is a treasury of unique information, with notes on both weighty affairs and trivial, everyday matters. It also contains the correspondence of four centuries, including with George Washington."--Excerpt from back cover
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes translator's note (page 421), bibliography (pages 422-432) , index of names (pages 433-440) , and family tree (pages 442-443).
- Original Version (note)
- Geert Mak ;
- Call Number
- JFE 21-2683
- ISBN
- 9789045034805
- 9045034808
- OCLC
- 1056249972
- Author
- Mak, Geert, author.
- Title
- The many lives of Jan Six : a portrait of an Amsterdam dynasty / Geert Mak ; translation, Liz Waters.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam : Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes translator's note (page 421), bibliography (pages 422-432) , index of names (pages 433-440) , and family tree (pages 442-443).
- Original Version
- Translation of : De levens van Jan Six: een familiegeschiedenis ; Geert Mak ; Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, 2016.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-2683