Joan Cornelis van der Hoop

In August 1787 Van der Hoop loaned two ships from the defense commission of Amsterdam for patrols on the Zuider Zee.

The ambitious Pieter Paulus - Joan's colleague in Rotterdam and both men quarrelled over reforms within the navy, after an attempt was made to bring the five admiralties together and to centralize appointments.

After 1787, Van der Hoop left, his political ambitions disappointed by the passive attitude of the stadholder, and withdrew from public life.

Van der Hoop gardened and refused to hold a public position, handing over the keys of the city to William I on 2 December 1813.

Cornelis was the father of Adriaan van der Hoop, the banker and art collector who donated most of his collection to the city of Amsterdam, which created the Rijksmuseum to house it.