Egbert Jaspersz van Heemskerk (1634–1704)

• Was a Dutch painter.
• Egbert was born in Haarlem.
• He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in c. 1646.
• He has been reported to be a student of Pieter de Grebber.
• In Haarlem in 1663 he declared himself to be 28, and in 1665, he declared himself to be 31 years old.
• In the early 1680s he moved to London.
• In London one of his often satirical paintings apparently landed him in serious trouble with King Charles II of England.
• He is registered as having died in London in 1704.
• He was listed by Laurens van der Vinne as one of the painters who had predeceased his father in 1702.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Egbert Jasperszoon van Heemskerck I, Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder, c. 1680-1685.
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