Gillis Schagen [SEP] date of death
Gillis Schagen
Gillis Schagen (1616, Alkmaar – 1668, Alkmaar), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography.
According to Houbraken he was the son of Pieter Jansz Schagen, an important councilman of Alkmaar, who was taught to paint first by Salomon van Ravesteyn and then by the horse painter Pieter Cornelisz Verbeeck. He traveled by boat to Gdańsk where he was received by Joost Brasser, and then travelled to Elbing, where he was received by Bartholomeus Strobel. Schagen painted a portrait of the King of
royal feasts were a speciality of his, with several versions of the "Feast of Belshazzar" attributed to him or his circle. Apart from the two "Feasts" most of his significant works are in museums or churches in Poland.
According to Arnold Houbraken, he received the Dutch painter Gillis Schagen in Elbing in 1637, and was court painter to the emperor at that time.
Personal life.
In 1624 he married Magdalena Mitwentz, daughter of a merchant, and the following year was living in a good