Bartholomeus Appelman

On the evening of 25 August 1647 he and his fellow painters Bartholomeus Appelman, Hans de Jode and Carel Codde were strolling through The Hague when two men started following and harassing them.

In the ensuing scuffle de Jode injured one of the men so badly that he died immediately.

He also spent time in Tivoli where he produced a landscape drawing (Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam).

He is mentioned as a friend of the painter Jan de Baen and as somebody, who 'for weeks had the habit of putting his feet under another man's table.'

[1] He finally moved back to The Hague in 1676, where in the same year he became a master in the local guild of Saint Luke.

[1] In Soestdijk Palace, the residence of the Prince of Orange, he decorated a large room with landscapes, which were widely admired in his time.

He also made collaborative works with painters such as Johannes Lingelbach, Adriaen van de Velde and Philips Wouwerman.