Portrait of Hendrick de Hartog
Hendrick de Hartog taught mathematics at the Felix Meritis Society on Monday evenings. He had this portrait made when the Dutch East India Company (VOC) appointed him a navigation examiner. On the table are a telescope and a sextant. De Hartog had devised a new, viable arithmetic method for calculating lunar distance while at sea.
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Portrait of Hendrick de Hartog
Hendrick de Hartog taught mathematics at the Felix Meritis Society on Monday evenings. He had this portrait made when the Dutch East India Company (VOC) appointed him a navigation examiner. On the table are a telescope and a sextant. De Hartog had devised a new, viable arithmetic method for calculating lunar distance while at sea.
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Gift of V.E. Schaefer, Laren ( ...... Verster, Laren (Noord-Holland)
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Schenking van de heer V.E. Sch ...... Verster, Laren (Noord-Holland)
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Hendrick de Hartog taught math ...... g lunar distance while at sea.
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Op maandagavond gaf Hendrick d ...... fstand tot de maan te bepalen.
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Rijksmuseum
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Portrait of Hendrick de Hartog
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Portret van Hendrick de Hartog
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1790
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1790
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drager breedte 64 cm
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drager hoogte 79 cm
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height 79 cm
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width 64 cm
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Collectie: schilderijen
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Collection: paintings
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…; the sitter’s estate;{Versla ...... ansferred to the museum, 2005
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fourth quarter 18th century
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vierde kwart 18e eeuw
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