Johan van Sijpesteijn (Q3742)
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Dutch art collector
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Johan van Sijpesteijn
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Dutch art collector
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Johan van Sijpesteijn was born in Utrecht. He became the Steward of St. Elisabeth Orphanage (St. Elisabethweeshuis) in Utrecht, founded in 1491 by Evert Zoudenbalch (1455-1530) and located at Oudegracht no. 245. Van Sijpesteijn married Petronella van Middelkoop (also spelled Midelcoop). They had several children. He collected Dutch and Flemish seventeenth century paintings. He displayed larger wo