Susanna van Steenwijk
Illustration — Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal entrance in the former Cloth Hall of Leiden - 1642 painting by Susanna van Steenwijk. Susanna van Steenwijk (born after 1601 as Susanna Gaspoel – probably buried 2 August 1664, Amsterdam) was a painter of small architectural exteriors active in Leiden and Amsterdam. Susanna's father, Johan Gaspoel, was buried in 1622 in Westham in England, when his three children were not yet 21 years of age.
Also recorded as Susanna van Steenwijck-Gaspoel · Jouffrouw Steenwijck · Susanna van Steenwijck · Susanna van Steenwyck
Susanna van Steenwijk
Susanna van Steenwijk · Lakenhal · Public domain
- Born
- 1610 · London.
- Died
- 1664 · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
- Known for
- View of the Lakenhal
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal entrance in the former Cloth Hall of Leiden - 1642 painting by Susanna van Steenwijk. Susanna van Steenwijk (born after 1601 as Susanna Gaspoel – probably buried 2 August 1664, Amsterdam) was a painter of small architectural exteriors active in Leiden and Amsterdam. Susanna's father, Johan Gaspoel, was buried in 1622 in Westham in England, when his three children were not yet 21 years of age.
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In 1630 she married the architectural painter Hendrik van Steenwijk II, who was at least 20 years her elder. She baptized a son in Amsterdam in 1632 and one in Leiden in 1634. Her known paintings are from the 1640s, and were made in Leiden and Amsterdam. Like her husband, she also made paintings of church interiors and a cabinet drawing of a church interior is known dated 1664 and signed "Susanna v.
The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are Leiden and Amsterdam. Works named in the authority record are View of the Lakenhal. Work by Susanna van Steenwijk is recorded in the collections of Museum De Lakenhal and Stedelijk Museum Zwolle.
• Illustration — Autograph Steenwijk being a local in Leiden was able to commission a piece in 1642 when the pure woolen industry took off. She created a painting of the brand new guildhall. She rendered the building in such a way that it emphasizes the architectural details, most likely due to her husband's architectural painting background leading her to take an interest in such details one might not normally. She also made sure to include the five sculptured plaques on the façade that gave insight on the cloth production process.
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