Historical Context
Editorially reviewedKiliaen van Rensselaer was an Amsterdam diamond and pearl merchant and a director of the Dutch West India Company. His surviving merchant mark is specifically identified in the documentary edition of the Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts.
Provenance: Reproduced as the 'Merchant’s mark of Kiliaen van Rensselaer' in the published Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts.
Research status: reviewed · reviewed 31/08/2026
Sources
1 referenceVan Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts
A. J. F. van Laer (trans. and ed.), Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts, New York State Library, 1908; illustration list identifies the 'Merchant’s mark of Kiliaen van Rensselaer'. (New York State Library / New Netherland Institute)
Supports: Primary documentary edition reproducing and explicitly identifying Kiliaen van Rensselaer’s merchant mark.
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Kiliaen van Rensselaer Merchant Mark
Personal merchant mark of Amsterdam merchant Kiliaen van Rensselaer.
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