Abraham Cornelisz van der Schalcken
Coster of the Grote Kerk, Haarlem
About Abraham Cornelisz van der Schalcken
Lived 1582 – 1642 (aged 59–60). Abraham Cornelisz van der Schalcken was a Dutch.
Abraham Cornelisz van der Schalcken (1582 – 1642), was a Dutch Golden Age sergeant of the local militia and coster of the Grote Kerk, Haarlem.
Biography He was born in Haarlem as the son of Cornelis Symonsz from Helmond and Albertje Jansdr on 28 August 1582. He married Grietje Geraerts Gestel in October 1606 in the Grote Kerk where he was coster. His portrait was painted by Frans Hals in The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639 and he was the father of the landscape painter Cornelis Symonsz van der Schalcke. He died in Haarlem.
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Coster of the Grote Kerk, Haarlem
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Abraham Cornelisz van der Schalcken was born in 1582.
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Abraham Cornelisz van der Schalcken died in 1642.
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Abraham Cornelisz van der Schalcken was Dutch.
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