About Jan Lagoor
Lived 1620 – 1660 (aged 39–40). Jan Lagoor was a Dutch painter.
Johan, or Jan (De) Lagoor (1620–1660), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography According to his marriage record, Lagoor was born in Gorinchem and moved to Haarlem by 1645 where he married Francina Dwingeloo. Francina was the daughter of the Leiden clergyman Bernardus Dwingeloo, who later lived on the River Spaarne near the brewery den Hollandtschen Thuyn and was buried in the Grote Kerk in 1652, where he is explicitly identified as Lagoor’s father-in-law. He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke.
In 1649 he was a vinder of the guild and during the years 1645-1651 he was a member of the Haarlem schutterij.
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Who was Jan Lagoor?
painter from the Northern Netherlands (1620–1660)
When was Jan Lagoor born?
Jan Lagoor was born in 1620 in Gorinchem.
When did Jan Lagoor die?
Jan Lagoor died in 1660.
What was Jan Lagoor's occupation?
Jan Lagoor was a painter.
What nationality was Jan Lagoor?
Jan Lagoor was Dutch.
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