Diederik van Bleyswijk (1711-63), Baron of Eethen and Meeuwen, Lord of Babiloniënbroek, Burgomaster of Gorkum, Conrad Kuster, 1761

? Commissioned by or for the sitters, Gorinchem; ? their son, Abraham van Bleyswijk (1735-95), Gorinchem; ? his daughter, Antonia Adriana Henrika van Bleyswijk (1766-1803), Meeuwen, near Aalburg (North Brabant); ? her son, Hendrik André Cornelis Tierens (1794-1851), Meeuwen, near Aalburg (North Brabant); ? his daughter, Cornelia Hendrika Andrea Tierens (1818-89), Heusden; ? her daughter, Cecilia Geertruijdt Verhagen (1849-1934), Utrecht; her son, Lieutenant Marius Cornelis van Houten (1879-1953), Doorn, Utrecht; by whom donated to the museum, with xx other objects, 1936, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum, 1953

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