De regenten van het Spinhuis

In this first group portrait for the Spinhuis, the four governors show how they run this women’s prison. A stack of papers refers to their principal source of income: issuing licences to publicans, innkeepers and tobacconists. Nicolaes Pickenoy takes two years to finish this painting. He is known for his slow work rate.

De regenten van het Spinhuis

In this first group portrait for the Spinhuis, the four governors show how they run this women’s prison. A stack of papers refers to their principal source of income: issuing licences to publicans, innkeepers and tobacconists. Nicolaes Pickenoy takes two years to finish this painting. He is known for his slow work rate.