Jan van der Heyden (1637 – 1712) 

was a Dutch Baroque-era painter, glass painter, draughtsman and printmaker. Van der Heyden was one of the first Dutch painters to specialize in townscapes and became one of the leading architectural painters of the Dutch Golden Age. He painted a number of still lifes in the beginning and at the end of his career. In 1668 Cosimo III de' Medici bought one of his paintings, a view of the townhall with a manipulated perspective. (crop: Corner of a Library 1711)