Cornelis Symonsz van der Schalcke
Cornelis Symonsz van der Schalcke, or Schalcken (1617– 1671), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. • Illustration — River landscape with figures, National Gallery, London
Also recorded as Cornelis Symonsz. van der Schalcke · Cornelis van der Schalcke · Cornelis Symonsz. van der Schalk · Cornelis Symonsz Van Der Schalcke
Cornelis Symonsz van der Schalcke
- Born
- 1617 · Haarlem.
- Died
- 1671 · Haarlem.
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
- Fields
- landscape
- Known for
- Slaughtered Pig in a Moonlit Landscape · Dune landscape with shepherd and drove of sheep
- Languages
- Dutch
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The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Haarlem. Works named in the authority record are Slaughtered Pig in a Moonlit Landscape and Dune landscape with shepherd and drove of sheep. Work by Cornelis Symonsz van der Schalcke is recorded in the collections of Mauritshuis, Frans Hals Museum, National Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest and Gemäldegalerie Berlin.
He was born in Haarlem as the son of Abraham Cornelisz van der Schalcken who was a sergeant in the Haarlem schutterij and Sara Nuyts. Like his father before him, Cornelis became sacristan of the Grote Kerk, Haarlem in 1636. He was married there on 13 March 1640 to Janneke Beuns. They had 7 children (2 daughters and 5 sons), but none of them became artists. His earliest known work is dated 1644. He was a follower of Pieter de Molijn and Jan van Goyen and died in Haarlem.
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1617
Cornelis Symonsz van der Schalcke born at Haarlem.
1671
Cornelis Symonsz van der Schalcke died at Haarlem.
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