Delft
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– 1652,
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), was a
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painter.
Biography
According to the RKD he was the son of the Delft varnish worker Willem Kick.Simon Kick in the
RKD
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He married Christina (Stijntje) Duyster, who he got engaged to on the same day that her brother, the painter Willem Duyster got engaged to Simon's sister Margrieta. Simon and Stijntje became the parents of the painter
Cornelis Kick
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