Catharina Backer was an art collector and an 18th-century painter from the Dutch Republic.
Occupation
painter, art collector, draftsperson, autodidact
Citizenship
Dutch Republic
Born
September 22, 1689
Died
February 8, 1766
Overview
Catharina Backer (22 September 1689 – 8 February 1766) was an art collector and an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
Catharina Backer was born in Amsterdam in 1689. Her parents were the lawyer Willem Cornelisz. Backer (1656–1731), of a prominent Amsterdam family, and Magdalena de la Court (1662–1712), the daughter of Pieter de la Court (1618–85) and his second wife, Catharina van der Voort (1622–1674).
Catharina Backer married her first cousin, the merchant and art collector Allard de la Court (1688–1755) of Leiden, on 25 August 1711. He was the son of Pieter de la Court van der Voort (1664–1739), Magdalena de la Court's brother. Allard de la Court and Catharina Backer lived in a house on the Rapenburg in Leiden. Their children included Pieter Allardsz de la Court (1722–73).
