Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer

[1] There, he became close friends with the future Prime Minister Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, who stayed at their home in 1812 while his parents were away on family business.

[2] In 1834, he created what are, perhaps, his most familiar works; a set of canvases honoring Jan van Speyk, a Dutch navy lieutenant who blew up his ship and himself, rather than surrender it to Belgian forces.

Shortly after, on the recommendation of his friend, Thorbecke, he received a commission to produce a painting depicting the "Vrijwillige Jagers", a volunteer unit from Leiden University that distinguished itself during the Ten Days' Campaign against Belgian revolutionaries.

In 2000, a detail from one of his paintings of Van Speyk was used on the Dutch 80 euro cent postage stamp; part of a commemorative set celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Rijksmuseum.

The couple's sons include colonial administrator and mayor Hendrik Doijer and professor Derk Doyer [de].