Gerrit van Santen

Gerrit van Santen
The Siege of Schenkenschans by Gerrit van Santen
Born
Gerard Cornelisz. van Santen

1591/92
Died1656 (aged 64–65)
Delft, County of Holland, Dutch Republic
Known forPaintings of sieges

Gerrit van Santen or Gerard Cornelisz van Santen (1591/92–1656) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and writer.[1] He was born in Delft probably in 1591 or 1592, and was buried in the city on 26 April 1656.[2]

  1. ^ Gerrit van Santen, Netherlands Institute for Art History. Accessed 28 November 2015.
  2. ^ P.M.M. Kroone, Santen, Gerrit Cornelisz van, in De Nederlandse en Vlaamse auteurs van middeleeuwen tot heden met inbegrip van de Friese auteurs, edited by G.J. van Bork & P.J. Verkruijsse (De Haan, Weesp 1985).