Jacob van Staverden

He trained probably until 1672 in Amersfoort under the still life and cityscape painter Matthias Withoos, who had previously lived and worked in Rome.

He was active in Amersfoort until 1674, the year in which he left for Italy together with Caspar van Wittel, another pupil of Withoos.

Here he became a member of the Bentvueghels, an association of mainly Dutch and Flemish artists working in Rome.

[2] According to the early Dutch biographer Jan van Gool the reason for this was that he was not very successful as an artist in Rome.

[3] Jacob van Staverden's name appears in various documents dated 1706, 1710 and 1712 and 1716 relating to the sale of assets to raise money.