Continental School, circa 1770

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Continental School, circa 1770
Jan Berend Bicker and his wife, Catharina Six: he, in profile to left in blue coat, blue-bordered white waistcoat, powdered hair en queue; she, in profile to right in green dress, white fichu with green border, elaborate bonnet with green ribbon in her powdered hair
ovals, 2 1/8in. (53mm.) high (2)

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An inscription in Dutch, on the reverse of the former miniature, reads Jan Berend Bicker was born in Amsterdam on 27 August 1746 and died in The Hague on 16 December 1812. He was the son of Hendrik Bicker and Clara Magdalena Dedel. He was Mayor of Amsterdam and married Catharina Six on 24 May 1769.

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