Portrait of a gentleman, probably Jan Baptista Hochepied (1634-1686), standing small three quarter length on a terrace by a column, wearing a burgundy coloured red silk cape and lace shirt; and Portrait of a lady, probably Geertruyd Hochepied, née Spiegel (1635-1662), standing small three quarter length, wearing a burgundy coloured silk dress, lace chemise and pearls, holding a feathered fan

The prototypes of 1656 with the sitters in the opposite direction, oil on canvases, 99.2 x 81.6 cm, are in a Dutch private collection.
Jan Baptista Hochepied, son of Daniel Hochepied and Catharina van der Merckt, was a silk merchant in Amsterdam. He married Geertruyd Spiegel, daughter of Elbert Spiegel and Petronella Roeters, on 21 December 1655.
We are grateful to K.E. Schaffers-Bodenhausen and E.J. Wolleswinkel of the Iconografisch Bureau, The Hague, for their help in preparing this entry.