Cornelis Snellinck (1605-1669)

• Was a Dutch landscape painter of Flemish descent.
• Cornelis Snellinck was born in Antwerp or Rotterdam as the son of Jan Snellinck the Younger, a Flemish genre and history painter.
• His father and mother travelled a lot and for this reason it is not clear where Cornelis was born.
• Cornelis' father was the son of the prominent Flemish painter and art dealer Jan Snellinck the Elder.
• Cornelis married Maertje Jans in Rotterdam on 13 June 1638.
• The couple's son Jan also became a landscape painter in the style of his father.
• Cornelis Snellinck's career was entirely linked to Rotterdam.
• The death date and place of Cornelis Snellinck are not known but it is believed that he died in 1669 in Rotterdam.
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