Daniël Stalpaert

His father was a Flemish landscape painter who was born in Brussels and had emigrated with his parents to the Dutch Republic likely for religious reasons.

The document further states that he was living with his mother and his uncle Abraham de Walperge on the Conninxgrach (now called the Singel).

It was part of his job to supervise the construction of the Town Hall on the Dam Square in Amsterdam, which started the year after his appointment as city architect.

[2] Stalpaert also played a major role in the 1663 urban expansion plan of Amsterdam city.

In order to clarify his plans Stalpaert produced a number of copies of a 'demonstration map' of the new Amsterdam.

Stalpaert was responsible for 's Lands Zeemagazijn (1656), the building which currently houses the collection of the Dutch Maritime Museum.