Daniel Schultz (1615–1683)

• Was a Polish painter.
• Born in Gdańsk (Danzig), in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• Schultz learned the art of painting from his uncle, Daniel Schultz the Elder for about five years.
• After his uncle's death he travelled to France and the Netherlands to continue his studies for about three years.
• Schultz became the leading artist at the Warsaw court of the Polish kings in the second half of the 17th century.
• In 1649 he became a private painter to the Polish king John II Casimir Vasa, and then to successor kings Michael Wiśniowiecki and John III Sobieski.
• Schultz returned to his hometown around 1660.
• During his career at the court he probably had contact with some Rembrandt's works, as king John II was a passionate collector of Dutch paintings and by his agent in Amsterdam.
• His work can be found at the Wawel Castle State Art Collections, the National Museum in Warsaw, the Stockholm National Museum, the Hermitage Museum, and at the Gdańsk National Museum.

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