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Dutch, 1644 - 1727
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Lara Yeager-Crasselt, Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., “Jacob van Walscapelle,” NGA Online Editions, https://purl.org/nga/collection/constituent/25759 (accessed May 31, 2023).
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Little is known about the still-life painter Jacob van Walscapelle. He was born in 1644 in Dordrecht, where he was baptized under the surname of his father, Elias Cruydenier. For unknown reasons, however, Jacob, along with his sister Antonia, later changed their name to Van Walscapelle after their paternal grandmother.[1] In 1660 Antonia moved to Amsterdam to marry Ottmar Elliger (1633–1679), a painter of flower still lifes and portraits. Jacob probably followed his sister not long thereafter, becoming a pupil of the still-life painter Cornelis Kick (1635–1681).[2]
Van Walscapelle’s abundant still lifes, however, reflect the influence of
[1] Jan Knoef, “Jacob van Walscapelle,” Oud-Holland 56 (1939): 262.
[2] Arnold Houbraken, De Groote Schouburgh der Nederlantsche Konstschilders en Schilderessen. 3 vols. (The Hague, 1753; reprint: Amsterdam, 1976), 2:334.
[3] Jan Knoef, “Jacob van Walscapelle,” Oud-Holland 56 (1939): 262.
Arthur K. Wheelock Jr.,
Lara Yeager-Crasselt
April 24, 2014