# Plaque with a Portrait of Robertus Junius [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN POTTER, Dutch]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Tin-glazed earhtenware, 17 x 14 cm ## Commentary A series of plaques bearing portraits of local ministers of the Reformed Church was made at one of the Delftware potteries in 1660. This example shows the portrait of Robertus Junius, who was for many years the Reformed minister on the island of Formosa, which was then a Dutch possession. From 1645 to 1653 he was the pastor in Delft. The painter used an engraving of 1645 by Chrispijn van Queborn \(1604-1652\). ## Related artworks - [Dish with a Representation of the Sense of Hearing]() - [Dish with a Winter Landscape]() - [Dish with Chinese Figures]() - [Dish with Chinese Figures]() - [Large covered jar]() - [Large covered vase]() - [Octagonal vase]() - [Octagonal vase]() - [Plaque with a Landscape]() - [Plaque with the Prophet Elijah Fed by the Ravens]() - [Plaque with View inside a Gothic Church]() - [Plaque with View inside a Gothic Church]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()