Jacob de Wilde (1645–1721[1]) was a citizen of the Dutch Republic. Of modest stock, he married well and rose socially to become ontvanger-generaal (or collector-general, responsible for collecting taxes) of the Admiralty of Amsterdam. He is better known, however, as a collector of coins,[2] medals, antique statues, and scientific instruments, whose collection was housed in a museum built behind the property he owned in Amsterdam; the Museum Wildeanum drew many important international visitors.
- ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam
- ^ Selecta numismata antiqua; ex musæo Jacobi de Wilde. Leipzig. 1693. p. 122.
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