that was taken with the rest of the Royal painting collection as war booty to France a century later in 1795. Perhaps because of this story, Vermeer van Utrecht became known as a portraitist, and painted a portrait of the regents of various Utrecht institutions, among them the orphanage in 1680. He married Hendrina Hounietop in 1683 in Vreeswijk, which is where he died between May 1695 and September 1697 in Vreeswijk. References 1630 births 1696 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Utrecht People from Midden-Delfland