Jacob Willemsz. De Wet I

Place: Haarlem

Biography:

Jacob Willemszoon de Wet or Jacob Willemsz. de Wet the Elder (c. 1610 – between 1675 and 1691 ) was a Dutch Golden Age painter whose works were largely influenced by Rembrandt. He was born and died in Haarlem. Little is known of his early life. He may have been a pupil of Rembrandt in the 1630s. He was a figure and landscape painter.