Susanna van Steenwijk

Susanna van Steenwijk (born after 1601 as Susanna Gaspoel – probably buried 2 August 1664, Amsterdam)[1] was a painter of small architectural exteriors active in Leiden and Amsterdam.

Susanna's father, Johan Gaspoel, was buried in 1622 in Westham in England, when his three children were not yet 21 years of age.

[1] In 1630 she married the architectural painter Hendrik van Steenwijk II, who was at least 20 years her elder.

[1] Steenwijk being a local in Leiden was able to commission a piece in 1642 when the pure woolen industry took off.

She also made sure to include the five sculptured plaques on the façade that gave insight on the cloth production process.