Gerrit Lundens (1622 – 1686), was a Dutch painter known for his genre scenes, miniature portraits and vanitas paintings. He also made copies after famous Dutch masters.

Biography

He was born in Amsterdam and married Agniet Mathijs of Antwerp in Sloterdijk in 1643.Gerrit Lundens in the

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He is known for portraits, genre works, still lifes and copies of old masters, the most notable of which is his copy of

the Night Watch ''Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq'', also known as ''The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch'', but commonly referred to as ''The Night Watch'' ( nl, De Nachtwacht), i ...

in the collection of the

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. His sister Catharina married the painter Abraham van den Hecken, also in Sloterdijk in 1635 and the painter

Christoffel van Sichem Christoffel van Sichem (1581, Basel – 1658, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age woodcutter and engraver. Biography According to the RKD he made woodcuts of famous people after his father, Christoffel van Sichem the Elder.

was one of their witnesses.Abraham van den Hecken
in the RKD He died in Amsterdam.

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* 1622 births 1686 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-painter-stub