Roeloff Claesz Van Zijl

Place: Utrecht

Born: 1586

Death: 1656

Biography:

Roeloff Claesz van Zijl was born in Utrecht on 25 April 1586. He was a Dutch Golden Age painter from the Northern Netherlands. According to the accounts of the St Jacobskerk in Utrecht, he was paid 55 guilders in 1608-09 to decorate the organ. He was active between 1608 and 1631, first in Utrecht and from circa 1625 in Amsterdam. He painted historical and genre scenes.