Nicolaes Woutersz van der Meer

Nicolaes Woutersz van der Meer (1575 – 1666) was a Dutch brewer, magistrate and mayor of Haarlem, best known today for his portrait with its pendant of his wife Cornelia Claesdr Voogt, both painted by Frans Hals in 1631.

He was born in Haarlem as the son of Wouter Claes Woutersz and Maria Adriaensdr van der Meer.

In 1619 he became a member of the Admiralty of Amsterdam, and in 1622 he became a representative to the States-General of the Netherlands for Haarlem.

The pendants came into the possession of the Frans Hals Museum in 1883, when they were left in the estate of J.C.W.

Her brother Willem Claesz Vooght ran the Voogt brewery on the "Coude Horn", and her sister Maritge was married to the Haarlem brewer Pieter Jacobsz Olycan, all three of whom were also painted by Hals.