Jan Hope.
Dutch art collector, member of science societies, and banker (1737-1784)
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About Jan Hope
John Hope, also known as Jan Hope, was a wealthy Dutch banker, participating in the Hope & Co. bank that his father had founded in 1762, a member of the city council and an art collector. In 1770 he was appointed as manager of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He is also known today for his Groenendaal Park in Heemstede, where he summered on his estate. Shortly before he died he bought the nearby "Bosbeek". This estate became one of the first examples of a large garden in the 'English Style' in the Netherlands, and shaped by his second son Adrian Elias. His oldest son Thomas Hope became a designer of neoclassical interior decoration, and his youngest son Henry Philip Hope a gem collector and jewelry specialist.
Everything about Jan Hope →- Occupation
- banker, art collector
- Citizenship
- Dutch Republic
- Born
- February 14, 1737
- Died
- April 20, 1784