Melchior Hamers

It is possible that this painting was made on site, which would imply that he was then likely in the employ of the Royal House of Savoy who owned the Venaria.

[2] On 11 June 1677 he and Franchois Bodeloo are recorded as acting as the guardians of Jan van Meurs.

[4] Hamers married Catharina Basseliers, the widow of the marine painter Jan Peeters the Elder on 19 May 1682.

[6] He is believed to have engraved some plates of two series of prints after designs by Cornelis de Wael, one on the five senses and one on the four seasons.

Hamers and Willem Peeters were the principal engravers for these sets, which were published in Antwerp by Alexander Voet the Elder.