About Jacob Esselens
Lived 1626 – 1687 (aged 60–61). Jacob Esselens was a Dutch painter, draftsperson and merchant.
Jacob Esselens (1626–1687), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter from Amsterdam.
Biography According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, Esselens travelled to Kleve in 1663 and got married in 1668 in Amsterdam. He travelled in France and later to England as a silk merchant, and died in Amsterdam in 1687.
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Who was Jacob Esselens?
Dutch Golden Age painter (1626-1687)
When was Jacob Esselens born?
Jacob Esselens was born in 1626 in Amsterdam.
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Jacob Esselens died in 1687 in Amsterdam.
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Jacob Esselens was a painter, draftsperson and merchant.
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Jacob Esselens was Dutch.
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