Portrait of the Family Hinlopen

In his diary Jan J. Hinlopen made distinct notes about his marriage and family births, dates of baptisms in the Westerkerk Amsterdam, and funerals.

The next day, around ten in the evening, his servant, accompanied by two other men, probably the undertakers, buried a small coffin in the church.

After the Geelvinck family, heirs of Sara, ceased to exist in the early 19th century, the traces to the real origins were lost.

[3] In 1907 the known Dutch art-historian Hofstede de Groot mentioned the parrot in the painting of the Familie Geelvinck.

[7] Another reason to doubt the classification is that, according to the Amsterdam City Archives, burgomaster Gillis Valckenier had only three children at the time of the painting's creation.

Being open to the councilmen and containing high windows with much light, the mayors' room would have enabled easy sketching for artists.