Jacob de Wilde

Jacob de Wilde (left) and Peter the Great on 13 December 1697, engraving by Maria de Wilde Jacob de Wilde (1645–1721) was a citizen of the Dutch Republic. Of modest stock, he married well and rose socially to become ontvanger-generaal (or collector-general, responsible for collecting taxes) of the Admiralty of Amsterdam. He is better known, however, as a collector of coins, medals, antique statues, and scientific instruments, whose collection was housed in a museum built behind the property he owned in Amsterdam; the ''Museum Wildeanum'' drew many important international visitors. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 2013
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