Gerrit Zegelaar (born
Loenen aan de Vecht
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16 July 1719 –
Wageningen
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24 July 1794) was a Dutch painter.
Zegelaar was born as son of the carpenter and alderman Hendrik Zegelaar and Johanna ter Bruggen. Gerrit was a
deaf mute
Deaf-mute is a term which was used historically to identify a person who was either deaf and used sign language or both deaf and could not speak. The term continues to be used to refer to deaf people who cannot speak an oral language or have som ...
. He settled in
Amsterdam
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where in 1757 he married Maria van der Steen. The marriage remained childless.
Zegelaar was a pupil of
Nicolaas Verkolje
Nicolaas Verkolje (11 April 1673, Delft – 21 January 1746, Amsterdam), was a Dutch painter and mezzotint maker.
Biography
According to Houbraken he was the son of Jan Verkolje and the only one of 5 children to carry on his art.