Johan van Napels

Johan van Napels (1556 – 1630), was a Dutch Golden Age mayor of Haarlem.

Biography

He was the son of Jan Jacobsz Koeckebacker and Duyfje van Napels. He married Adriana Bovetius in 1581 and married a second time to Catharina Zuyderhoeff. He became a judge, magistrate and mayor of Haarlem.^[1] He was lieutenant of the Haarlem combined militia from 1587 to 1588, lieutenant of the St. George militia from 1597 to 1600, captain 1606–1609, and fiscaal/provost 1609–1621. He moved to Beverwijk in 1629, but died the following year there. He was portrayed by Frans Hals in The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1616.

References

^ Johan van Napels Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine in record for this painting in the RKD

Johan van Napels in De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken, by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 66, Haerlem : jaarboek 1958, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives

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[RKD-1] Johan van Napels Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine in record for this painting in the RKD

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