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Jan de Bray (c. 1627 – 1697),

was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem until the age of 60, when he went bankrupt and moved to Amsterdam. He was was influenced by his father Salomon de Bray, and the portraitists Bartholomeus van der Helst, and Frans Hals. His brother Dirck de Bray was a flower painter who later became a monk in the monastery at Gaesdonck near Goch. His brother Joseph was also a painter. His mother was Anna Westerbaen, the sister of the painter Jan Westerbaen. His sister Cornelia married Jan Lievens.