13/03/2026
Painting by Jac. Haan, manager of the famous department store Metz & Co.
A beautifully detailed painting by Jac. Haan, interior designer and former manager of the furniture department at the renowned Dutch department store Metz & Co. The painting depicts a realistically painted houseplant. It is likely a Lemon White Stripe Dracaena in a large silver pot. The surrounding frame is painted in fresh blue, white, and yellow, in the style of Mondrian.
Metz & Co. was a department store in Amsterdam founded in 1740. Interior designer Jac. Haan took charge of Metz & Co.’s furniture department in 1963. After retiring, he began painting. A perfectionist, he created only a few works. Haan died in 2014.