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Fig. 11
                                                                          Abraham Zeeman
                                                                          (1695/6-1764), Gezicht
                                                                          op Kasteel Rosendael
                                                                          Etching
                                                                          Amsterdam — 1727
                                                                          H. 6.2 W. 8 cm
                                                                             © Collection Rijksmuseum,
                                                                             Amsterdam

                                                                             Fig. 12
                                                                          View of Rosendael Castle
                                                                          Arnhem, The Netherlands
                                                                             © neofoto.nl
                                                                             /Shutterstock.com

                                                         FIG. 11

                                                         FIG. 12

     → The Arnhems had no children, but spent their      was born in Batavia, having moved to The
     lives taking care of their nephew, Lubbert Adolph   Netherlands in 1710. Torck and van Hoorn also
     Torck (1687-1758) who later inherited the castle.3  carried out several building works at Rosendael,
     In 1722, he married Petronella Wilhelmina van       including a marble fountain by the sculptor
     Hoorn (1698-1764), daughter of Joan van Hoorn       Ignatius van Logteren, built in the reception
     (1653-1711) and granddaughter of Willem van         hall in 1723. Petronella must have furnished the
     Outhoorn (1635-1711), who had both been             interior of the castle with pieces brought from
     Governor-General of the Dutch East India            Asia, such as a filigree box and a bedcover, now
     Company (VOC). Petronella van Hoorn herself         in the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam, which were

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