Roelof Koets

Still life of a fish, bread, a peeled lemon, grapes in a basket, a salt and roemer, all on a draped table, by Roelof Koets (the elder)

Roelof Koets (1592, Haarlem – 1654, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1654 as vinder.^[1] He worked together with the Haarlem still life painters Pieter Claesz and Jan Jansz van de Velde.^[2] He himself was influenced by Floris van Dyck and in turn influenced Floris van Schooten.^[2] He became the teacher of his son, the later painter Andries Koets.^[2] He is not to be confused with the later painter Roelof Koets of Zwolle, who painted mostly portraits.

References

1. De archiefbescheiden van het St. Lukasgilde te Haarlem 1497-1798, Hessel Miedema, 1980, ISBN 90-6469-584-9
2. Roelof Koets (I) in the RKD

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