Vincent Loosjes

He was the son of Adriaan Loosjes, a prolific writer who started a publishing company in Haarlem.

In 1833 he was chairman of the regents of the Mennonite orphanage in Haarlem that was celebrating its bicentennial.

He commissioned a painting by Jan Adam Kruseman which featured the regents as well as a few orphans.

He also was a member of the Haarlem societies Oefening in Wetenschappen, the chamber of rhetoric Wijngaardranken, and Demokriet.

His publishing company was continued by his son Adriaan Loosjes III.

Regents of the Doopsgezinde Weeshuis, Haarlem , by Jan Adam Kruseman , 1834. Vincent Loosjes is handing a paper to Maria de Koning.