The many lives of Jan Six
type: CreativeWork
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310106019
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310166429
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126549
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320127259
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320127679
about: Person
  alternate name: Six, Jan, 1756-1827
about: Person
  alternate name: Six, Jan, 1730-1779
about: Person
  alternate name: Six, Jan, 1978-
about: Person
  alternate name: Six, Jan, 1668-1750
about: Person
  alternate name: Six, Jan, 1891-1961
about: Person
  alternate name: Six, Jan, 1947-
about: Person
  alternate name: Six, Jan, 1788-1863
about: Person
  alternate name: Six, Jan, 1857-1926
about: Person
  alternate name: Six, Jan, 1824-1899
about: Person
  alternate name: Six, Jan, 1919-1999
about: Person
  alternate name: Six, Jan, 1618-1700
abstract: "In 1654 the first Jan Six had his portrait painted by his friend Rembrandt van Rijn. It is considered the most beautiful portrait Rembrandt ever painted, and it is still part of the private collection in Amsterdam, where the Six family has lived for four centuries. The many lives of Jan Six tells the compelling history of this elite Amsterdam dynasty, of the city and its times, of ambitions and limitations, of grandeur and the constant fear of decline. The book also tells the story of the Sixes through these centuries: after the family patriarch came a second Jan Six, a third; every generation has known one Jan, until the present day. They held high positions: several members of the family were mayors of Amsterdam. Some came into great wealth, others were prominent scientists or stumbled through life hunchbacked, disinherited and broken-hearted. The Six archive is a treasury of unique information, with notes on both weighty affairs and trivial, everyday matters. It also contains the correspondence of four centuries, including with George Washington."--Excerpt from back cover
creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31072641
language: dut
language: eng
subject of: Statement
  additional type: http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300435416
  text: Includes translation
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301313960

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