Lieve Geelvinck

Lieve Geelvinck
Allegorische titelpagina met verwijzingen naar de stad Amsterdam by Bernard Picart
Herengracht 520 around 1770, engraving by Caspar Philips for his Grachtenboek.

Lieve Geelvinck (28 May 1676 – 22 August 1743) was the son of Joan Geelvinck and grandson of Cornelis Geelvinck and, following them into the vroedschap, he became administrator of the Dutch East India Company and member of the Council of State. He became mayor of Amsterdam for the first time in 1720. Through political marriage alliances, the Geelvinck family had already played an important role the council of Amsterdam for years on end, but in the first half of the 18th century all but one or two of the city's mayors were related to each other.[1]

  1. ^ Elias, J.E. (1903-1905, herdruk 1963) De vroedschap van Amsterdam 1578-1795, 2 delen.