Gerrit de Graeff (IV) van Zuid-Polsbroek

Gerrit de Graeff (IV), vrijheer van Zuid-Polsbroek, Purmerland and Ilpendam[1] (26 July 1797, Ilpendam – 27 March 1870) was a Dutch patrician, Amsterdam aristocrat and feudal Lord.

[2] At the age of 17 years he inherited the Free Lordships (Vrijheerlijkheiden) of Zuid-Polsbroek and Purmerland and Ilpendam from his father.

[3] De Graeff had seven children through his 1827 marriage with Carolina Ursulina Stephania Engels (1795-1864):[1] The family of Gerrit de Graeff lived at Herengracht in a mansion, now the Tassenmuseum Hendrikje, at castle Ilpenstein and at the country estate Bronstee near Heemstede.

The collection included some famous paintings like Catharina Hooft with her Nurse, painted by Frans Hals, and the Pickenoys representative Marriage portraits from Cornelis de Graeff and Catharina Hooft.

[2][1] The coat of arms of Gerrit de Graeff is quartered with a heart shield and it shows the following symbols:

Full coat of arms De Graeff (drawing by Matthias Laurenz Gräff , 2023)