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Johan de Wael (1594 – 1663), was a

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mayor of

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Biography

He was born in Haarlem and together with his brother

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he owned the Haarlem breweries ''De Son'' and t Roode Hart''. He served as judge in 1618, magistrate in 1620, and mayor in 1627 (after that he was mayor 19 times).

Frans Hals Frans Hals the Elder (, ; ; – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem, a city in which the local authority of the day frowned on religious painting in places of worship but citizens liked to decorate thei ...

painted De Wael in a wedding pendant along with his wife Aeltje Pater of Amsterdam, whom he married in 1620. They had no issue. Her brother was a brewer and mayor of Amsterdam. De Wael was captured and taken to Loevestein in 1650 for supporting the Peace of Munster and was stripped of his appointments, but was completely reinstated a few months later after the death of

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.Johan de Wael
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He died in Haarlem.

Pendants

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References

Johan de Wael
on ''Vroedschap van Amsterdam'' by

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1594 births 1663 deaths Frans Hals Mayors of places in the Dutch Republic Mayors of Haarlem Businesspeople from Haarlem Dutch brewers {{Netherlands-mayor-stub