Pieter Janssens Elinga (1623-1682)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• He was born in Bruges as the son of Gisbrecht Janssens, who probably taught him to paint.
• When he moved to Rotterdam in 1653, he changed his name to Elinga.
• He moved to Amsterdam in 1657, where he probably died.
• He is last registered alive in 1657, when he paid a poll tax in Amsterdam.
• His widow is registered there in a notarized document as a widow in 1682.
• Elinga was a follower of Pieter de Hooch and Willem Kalf.
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