Group portrait of David van Mollem and his family against the background of the garden behind his house Zijdebalen on the Vecht in Utrecht (near the Hogenoord). On the left is David van Mollem, christened 5 October 1670, silk manufacturer and founder of the Zijdefabriek and Buitenplaats Zijdebalen, died July 8, 1746. In the middle his son -in -law Jacob Sydervelt is with his second wife, Maria van Oosterwijck and the two children from this marriage. The two sons from his first marriage, grandsons of David van Mollem, stand between the two men, the youngest at a mulberry tree with silkups.

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