Which artist painted a portrait of Pieter Cnoll, the Director General in Batavia, and his family?
Pieter Cnoll Pieter Cnoll, also Pieter Knoll (1672), was a Dutchman who became Director General in Batavia. He married Cornelia van Nijenroode, an Indo Eurasian who was the daughter of Cornelis van Nieuwroode (also Cornelis van Nijenroode, former VOC Opperhoofden in Japan in 1623-1631) with a Japanese woman named Surishia. His family was depicted in a painting by Jacob Coeman.
Bartholomeus van der Helst Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613 – buried 16 December 1670) was a Dutch painter. Considered to be one of the leading portrait painters of the Dutch Golden Age, his elegant portraits gained him the patronage of Amsterdam's elite as well as the Stadtholder's circle. Besides portraits, van der Helst painted a few genre pictures as well as some biblical scenes and mythological subjects.