Bartholomeus van Bassen

Bartholomeus Corneliszoon van Bassen (1590–1652) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and architect.

Little is known of his early life, but according to the Netherlands Institute for Art History he became a member of the Delft Guild of St. Luke in 1613.

[1] He worked on the summer palace Huis Honselaarsdijk for Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (torn down after being used as a military hospital during the War of 1812), the restoration of the City Hall, and from 1649 onwards he was involved with building the Nieuwe Kerk.

His most important building was "Het Koningshuis", the summer palace of Frederick V, Elector Palatine.

He kept a workshop and took on pupils, most notably Gerard Houckgeest and Jan van der Vucht.