Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten

Van Beerstraten depicted ports (Civitavecchia) and cityscapes of Amsterdam, as well as many cities and villages in the Netherlands.

[2] Jan Abrahamsz, painter, was the son of Abraham Danielsz., a table clothmaker from Emden.

On 1 July 1666 Van Beerstraten was buried in Westerkerk;[9] his widow died three weeks later after a delivery.

[12] There is some confusion about the identity of four landscape painters named Beerstraaten; Johannis, this Jan Abrahamsz, Abraham, Johannes and Anthonie.

[13][14][15] Currently, the RKD records Jan and Johannis as the same person, and Abraham Beerstraaten, who specialized in winterscapes, is considered to be his oldest son.

The Battle of Scheveningen , 10 August 1653 by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, painted c. 1654, depicts the final battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War ( National Maritime Museum )
The Ruins of the Old Town Hall of Amsterdam after the Fire of 7 July 1652