Roelof Koets (1592,

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– 1654,

) was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

painter.

Biography

Koets became a member of the

Haarlem Guild of St. Luke The Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke was first a Christian, and later a city Guild for various trades falling under the patron saints Luke the Evangelist and Saint Eligius. History During the lifetime of Geertgen tot Sint Jans, there was probably a ...

in 1654 as ''vinder''.De archiefbescheiden van het St. Lukasgilde te Haarlem 1497-1798, Hessel Miedema, 1980, He worked together with the Haarlem still life painters

Pieter Claesz Pieter Claesz (c. 1597 – 1 January 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes. Biography He was born in Berchem, Belgium, near Antwerp, where he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1620. He moved to Haarlem in 1620, where his ...

and Jan Jansz van de Velde.Roelof Koets (I)
in the RKD He himself was influenced by Floris van Dyck and in turn influenced

Floris van Schooten Floris Gerritsz van Schooten or Floris van Schooten (between 1585 and 1588 – buried 14 November 1656)Floris v ...

. He became the teacher of his son, the later painter

Andries Koets Andries is a Dutch and Afrikaans masculine given name or surname equivalent to Andrew. Given name People with this name include * Andries van Artvelt (1590–1652), Flemish painter * Andries Beeckman (1628–1664), Dutch painter * Andries Bekker ( ...

. He is not to be confused with the later painter Roelof Koets of Zwolle, who painted mostly portraits.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Koets, Roelof 1592 births 1654 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Artists from Haarlem Dutch still life painters Painters from Haarlem