Gerard van Schagen

Gerrit Lucasz van Schagen or Schaagen (Latinised Gerardus a Schagen) (c. 1642 – c. March 1724) was an engraver and cartographer from Amsterdam, known for his exquisite reproductions of maps, particularly of those by Nicolaes Visscher I and Frederick de Wit.

[1][2][3] He lived and worked in Amsterdam, on the Haarlemmerdijk near the New Haarlem sluice at the house with the sign "In de Stuurman".

At this occasion he was "from Amsterdam, plaetsnijder (engraver) from profession, 35 years old, and living on the Haarlemmerdijk.

[5] Gerrit and Anna baptized children between 1697 and 1701 and together were witnesses at other baptisms as late as June 1712.

[7] A Gerrit van Schagen was buried 19 March 1724 at the Karthuizer cemetery in Amsterdam.