Jacques de Claeuw explained

Jacques de Claeuw, or Grieff (May 1623, Dordrecht  - 7 November 1694, Leiden), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken, together with Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp, Isaac van Hasselt, and Cornelis Tegelberg, he helped separate the Dordrecht Guild of Saint Luke from the old Gild van de vyf Neringen (guild of five trades) in 1642.[1]

According to the RKD he was a member of the Dordrecht guild in 1642–46, in 1646 he became a member of the guild in the Hague, and in 1651 he married and moved to Leiden where he became the father of Adriaen de Grijef.[2] He is registered also in Haarlem in 1687.

References

Notes and References

  1. Jacques Grief, anders Klaau in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/17006 Jacques de Claeuw