Jacobus Cornelis Gaal

Jacobus Cornelis Gaal (5 September 1796 in Oost-Souburg – 20 December 1866 in Kampen) was a Dutch painter and etcher.

[1] Gaal was born in East Souburg, the son of Pieter Gaal (1769–1819) and Richardina Jacob van Eps (1765–1813).

Some of his paintings were displayed in exhibitions in Middelburg 1822, Amsterdam 1852, and The Hague 1853.

[2] His portrait of a young woman being dressed by a maidservant, "Junges Madchen in Weissem Kleid Beim Ankleiden" was sold for US$4000.

On 16 July 1819 he married Cornelia Petronella Hofstede.