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Bruno van
der Dussen, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Congress of Utrecht (1713), where
he signed the peace treaty. He is among
the major European diplomats of his time.
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Kornelis
Arentzoon van der Dussen, 1481-1556, was
mayor of Delft
in 1524 and 1530. He fathered
nineteen children by his three wives ! He adopted
the maiden name of his stepmother, Machteld van der Dussen, and was closely
involved in a famous feud between the magistrate (= municipality) of Delft and
brewers of the city. The case
was important because it was brought up before the Emperor Charles the Fifth. On this
portrait painted by Jan van Scorel (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) which exists in
several versions and copies, it is unclear whether this is an original) he
holds a document denoting his role as magistrate of the city Delft.
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"Portrait
of the Catholic family van der Dussen" H van Vliet, 1640 Prinsenhof, Delft. This is the
family of Michiel, 1600-1683, his wife Willemine van Setten, his children
Kornelis, Elizabeth, Maria, Otto, Anna. The site
"essential Vermeer" makes the following comment: the painting, representing musicians
playing and singing, suggests that harmony prevailed within the family. The painter
has represented the wealthy aristocrat Michiel, who was head of the family,
playing the recorder with his two elder sons, beside the mother and their three
daughters. Their
Catholic faith is signified by the crucifix prominently displayed on a back
shelf. The music
they are playing can be recognized by the score: it is the Motet "Factum
is silentium" for 8 voices, H Praetorius (Hamburg), in honor of the Archangel Michael,
patron saint of the family... According
to a letter written in 2004 by "House of Vermeer" Anna and her
sister served as models for the painter Vermeer. The resemblance is striking,
especially in the painting "Christ in the House of Martha and Mary" (Museum of Edinburgh ). Anna and her husband Hendrik van Eem later supported Vermeer financially, to include the
purchase of the house "De drie Cimbelen," which became his workshop
where his famous "camera obscura was located."
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| Adriaan van
der Dussen, 1586-1653, took part in the plot of 1623 against Prince Maurice of
Orange Nassau. He owed his
salvation by escaping in a barge, hidden under wheels of cheese ! Under the
protection of the Spaniards, he continued his military career in Germany on the
orders of the Emperor.
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Jacob van
der Dussen, painting by Jacob Willemsz. Delff II
(1619-1661). Several
candidates "Jacob" in the genealogy could match this portrait...
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Elizabeth Paauw, wife successively of Jan van
der Dussen, director of the East India Company in 1682, followed by Dirk van
der Dussen, alderman in Delft. Painting by
Jan de Baen.
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Elizabeth
Aletta Slicher, 1727-1779, wife of Nicolas van der Dussen, lord of
Oost-Barendrecht, with their son Eewoud. Painted in
1750 by M Verheyden (Breda
Museum).
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Helena van
der Dussen, 1758-1822, painting by Isaac Schmidt, Frans Hals Museum. Not noted
in the genealogy... Wife of
Diederich van der Burch.
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Catrina van
der Hoef, 1600-1666, wife of Eewout van der Dussen, 1574-1653, Mayor of Delft
and Ambassador Extraordinary to the King of England. Michiel van Mierenveld
painting.
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Pieter van
der Dussen, 1654-1716, at the age of 6 years ( Jan van Haensbergen, 1642-1705.) Priv coll.
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Geertruid
van der Dussen, Lady of Harinkarspel, married Johan Basius in 1602 who was
master advisor of accounts for Holland and West Friesland. (Michiel
Johansz.van Mierevelt, Frans Hals Museum,
Haarlem).
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In the
choir of the Old Barbarachurch of Culembourg, there is a white marble tomb, final resting place of Catharina Alida van der Dussen (1690-1745) , wife of the burgmeester of Dordrecht. Catharina fled in 1733 in Culembourg -a free state- to
escape her alcoholic husband who mistreated her. Catharina asked for asylum to Culembourg city where
she was protected against lawsuits that her husband Damascus launched to retrieve her and her
money.
This Ex-Voto figures a small girl van der Dussen. It hangs in the Basilica Sint Martinus van Halle, near Brussels. It was painted between 1800 and 1850. We don't know who it was. Did she recover from some illness ?
Peter Paul Rubens is shown here with his first wife Isabella Brant, at the time of their marriage in Antwerp in 1609. (Not to be confused with his second wife Helena Fourment, his famous model). Eugène François van der Dussen, lord of Bornival, married in 1720 their great-grand-daughter, Constance Thérèse Rubens. Their descendants are extinct.
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 Updating... Patrick van der Dussen, 11 Sept 2012, 22:53
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