# Margarthe van Clootwijk, Wife of Jacob van Dalen [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MIEREVELD, Michiel Jansz. van]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on wood, 71 x 58 cm ## Commentary The sitters of this painting and its pendant were identified as Jacob van Dael \(or Dalen; 1570-1644\), and his second wife, Margaretha van Clootwijk \(c. 1580-1662\). Jacob van Dalen was professionally known by the Latinized form of his name, Vallensis. He was born in Speyer, Germany, studied medicine in Leiden, and became the personal physician of the Stadholder in The Hague. He appears in a group portrait painted twenty-three years earlier, the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/mierevel/anatomy.html'\)" href="/html/m/mierevel/anatomy.html">Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Willem van der Meer.</a> Both husband and wife are buried in the Oude Kerk in Delft, and the gravestone of the couple bears the same crests as the paintings in the Metropolitan Museum. ## Related artworks - [Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Willem van der Meer]() - [Horace Vere, Baron Vere of Tilbury]() - [Jacob van Dalen, called Vallensis]() - [Portrait of a Lady with a Lace Collar and Pearls]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of a Woman]() - [Portrait of a Woman with a Lace Collar]() - [Portrait of a Young Woman]() - [Portrait of Frederick Hendrick, Prince of Orange-Nassau]() - [Portrait of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange-Nassau]() - [Portrait of Frederik Hendrik, Prince of Orange]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()