Last year, nearly fifty Utrecht artists applied to make the portrait. They all made a sketch with the idea of what they had in mind, a jury ultimately chose Nico Heijligers. “I was very pleased when I got the message,” says Heijligers. He has been busy with the painting ever since. He enjoyed working on it. “He comes across as sympathetic and then together with the good head he has, I say as a painter, I immediately want to get started.”
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