David van der Plas

The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. The authority associates the name with Dutch Golden Age painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam, Leiden and Greater London. Works named in the authority record are Portrait of Cornelis Tromp (1629-91), vice-admiral of Holland and West Friesland, Portrait of Willem van Outhoorn, Governor General of the Dutch East Indies and Portrait of Caspar Commelin, bookseller, newspaper publisher and author of the official history of Amsterdam 'Beschrijvinghe van Amsterdam'of 1693. Work by David van der Plas is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Auckland Art Gallery, Amsterdam Museum, National Museum in Warsaw and Rijksmuseum.

• Name — David van der Plas • Born — 11 December 1647 • Birthplace — Amsterdam • Died — 18 May 1704 • Place of death — Amsterdam • Field — Painting • Movement — Dutch Golden Age painting

• Illustration — Van der Plas' portrait of Cornelis Tromp • Illustration — Dortsman's Round Lutheran church in Amsterdam • Illustration — Doll house in the Frans Hals Museum David van der Plas became famous as a portrait painter, and his most illustrious patron was Cornelis Tromp. In 1684 he married Cornelia van der Gon of Haarlem, the daughter of the castellan (kastelein) of the Oude Doelen, the meeting quarters of the Haarlem schutterij (the building currently houses the Stadsbibliotheek Haarlem). David van der Plas' brother-in-law was the painter Govert van der Leeuw and his pupil was Jacob Appel. His wife Cornelia van der Gon was the rich heiress of the Amsterdam architect Adriaan Dortsman (ca. 1636–1682), who designed the round Lutheran church on the Singel. The marriage was childless, and Cornelia spent her time on her doll houses, which Dortsman had helped design and which Van der Plas helped decorate. The landscape painter Jan Wijnants also painted miniatures for these doll houses. Cornelia died in 1701, and after the death of Van der Plas, the doll houses were sold at auction to Sara Rothé, who used them to decorate her own doll houses. One of these doll houses can be seen in the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, and the other one can be seen in the Frans Hals Museum.

The authorities additionally record the headings David Van der Plas, David van der Plaas, David Van Der Plaats, David van der Plaes and David Van de Plas. His recorded language was Dutch. He married Cornelia van der Gon.

David van der Plas worked in painting. His work is associated with Dutch Golden Age painting. He worked at Amsterdam, Leiden and Greater London.

Works recorded as notable number 3: Portrait of Cornelis Tromp (1629-91), vice-admiral of Holland and West Friesland, Portrait of Willem van Outhoorn, Governor General of the Dutch East Indies and Portrait of Caspar Commelin, bookseller, newspaper publisher and author of the official history of Amsterdam 'Beschrijvinghe van Amsterdam'of 1693. His recorded genre is portrait.