5673091 Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland, 1643-1700 (oil on canvas) by Baen, Jan de (1633-1702); 122.5x96.4 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (add.info.: copy after Jan de Baen Powerful Dutch liberal statesman Johan or Jan de Witt (1625-72) favoured the regenten and navy disastrously when the Dutch Republic suffered defeat in the Rampjaar (1672). In the hysteria after invasion, he and brother Cornelis were blamed and lynched in The Hague by a mob, empowering William of Orange.); Dutch, out of copyright.