Gerrit van Santen
Gerrit van Santen or Gerard Cornelisz van Santen (1591/92–1656) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and writer. He was born in Delft probably in 1591 or 1592, and was buried in the city on 26 April 1656.
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- Name
- Gerrit van Santen
- Birth Name
- Gerard Cornelisz. van Santen
- Born
- 1591/92
- Birthplace
- Delft, County of Holland, Dutch Republic
- Died
- 1656
- Known for
- Paintings of sieges
- Occupation
- painter
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Places of work recorded in the authority are The Hague. Works named in the authority record are The siege of Schenckenschans by Prince Frederik Hendrik, April 1636. Work by Gerrit van Santen is recorded in the collections of Centraal Museum and Rijksmuseum.
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Key facts
• Name — Gerrit van Santen • Birth Name — Gerard Cornelisz. van Santen • Born — 1591/92 • Birthplace — Delft, County of Holland, Dutch Republic • Died — 1656 • Place of death — Delft, County of Holland, Dutch Republic • Known for — Paintings of sieges
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Painter
In 1629 Van Santen was admitted to the Guild of St Luke in The Hague. Between 1637 and 1650 several payments were made by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange for paintings of battles and sieges (including the siege of Hulst, siege of Sas van Gent, and siege of Schenkenschans).
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• Cavalry Battle, 1635, auctioned in Stockholm 1996 • Cavalry Battle, 1640, auctioned in London 1981 • Siege of Schenkenschans, ca.1645, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam • Battle of Lekkerbeetje, ca. 1650, Gouda city hall
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- 1.Gerrit van Santen, Netherlands Institute for Art History. Accessed 28 November 2015.
- 2.P.M.M. Kroone, Santen, Gerrit Cornelisz van, in De Nederlandse en Vlaamse auteurs van middeleeuwen tot heden met inbegrip van de Friese auteurs, edited by G.J. van Bork & P.J. Verkruijsse (De Haan, Weesp 1985).
- 3.W. M. H. Hummelen, Amsterdams toneel in het begin van de Gouden Eeuw (The Hague, 1982), p. 246.
- 4.G. C. van Santen, Lichte Wigger (Amsterdam, 1635). Available on Google Books.
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