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'''Gerrit Lucasz van Schagen''' or '''Schaagen''' ([[Latinisation of names|Latinised]] '''Gerardus a Schagen''') ({{Circa|1642|March 1724}} was an [[engraver]] and [[cartographer]] from [[Amsterdam]], known for his exquisite reproductions of maps, particularly of those by [[Nicolaes Visscher I]] and [[Frederick de Wit]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.helmink.com/Antique_Map_van_Schagen_World/Scans/van%20Schagen%20World/index.html |title=van Schagen 1680 World & Continents |access-date=2009-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410112031/http://www.helmink.com/Antique_Map_van_Schagen_World/Scans/van%20Schagen%20World/index.html |archive-date=2016-04-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/i/image/image-idx?sid=314a0176db9cc5c4d98da8d2c09526c8;type=boolean;view=reslist;c=carto;;rgn1=carto_ve;q1=Schagen Catalog of van Schagen's maps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107195030/http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/i/image/image-idx?sid=314a0176db9cc5c4d98da8d2c09526c8;type=boolean;view=reslist;c=carto;;rgn1=carto_ve;q1=Schagen |date=2023-11-07 }} at the [[University of Amsterdam]]</ref><ref>[http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/i/image/image-idx?c=carto;page=index;tpl=p_schagen.tpl Biographical sketch] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107193635/http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/i/image/image-idx?c=carto;page=index;tpl=p_schagen.tpl |date=2023-11-07 }} {{in lang|nl}}</ref> He lived and worked in Amsterdam, on the Haarlemmerdijk near the New Haarlem sluice at the house with the sign "In de Stuurman".<ref>He signed his maps in the lower right corner with variations of "t'Amsterdam Gedruckt by G. van Schagen, by de Nieuwe Haerlemmer Sluys."</ref> |
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The surname suggests that Gerrit or his father Lucas may have been born in [[Schagen]]. On 24 April 1677 he married Gertruij Govers van Schendel/Schijndel. At this occasion he was "from Amsterdam, ''plaetsnijder'' (engraver) from profession, 35 years old, and living on the Haarlemmerdijk."<ref name=marriage>[https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/ondertrouwregisters_1565-1811/zoek/query.nl.pl?i1=1&v1=gerrit&a1=schagen&t1=van Marriage records of Gerrit van Schagen at the Amsterdams Stadsarchief]</ref> After the death of Geertruij in September 1690,<ref>[https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/begraafregisters_1553-1811/zoek/query.nl.pl?i1=1&v1=gerrit&a1=schaagen Burial record of Geertruijt van Schijndel at the Amsterdams Stadsarchief]</ref> Gerrit, as widower of Geertruij and still living on the Haarlemmerdijk, remarried on 7 October 1695 with the 34-year old Anna Cornelis.<ref name=marriage/> Gerrit and Anna baptized children between 1697 and 1701 and together were witnesses at other baptisms as late as June 1712.<ref>[https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/doopregisters_1564-1811/zoek/query.nl.pl?i1=1&v1=gerrit&vf1=1&a1=schaagen Baptism records at the Amsterdams Stadsarchief]</ref> A Gerrit van Schagen was buried 19 March 1724 at the Karthuizer cemetery in Amsterdam.<ref>[https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/begraafregisters_1553-1811/zoek/query.nl.pl?i1=1&v1=gerrit&a1=schagen Burial records of Gerrit van Schagen in Amsterdam]</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 12:49, 31 May 2024
Gerrit Lucasz van Schagen or Schaagen (Latinised Gerardus a Schagen) (c. 1642 – c. March 1724 was an engraver and cartographer from Amsterdam, known for his exquisite reproductions of maps, particularly of those by Nicolaes Visscher I and Frederick de Wit.[1][2][3] He lived and worked in Amsterdam, on the Haarlemmerdijk near the New Haarlem sluice at the house with the sign "In de Stuurman".[4]
The surname suggests that Gerrit or his father Lucas may have been born in Schagen. On 24 April 1677 he married Gertruij Govers van Schendel/Schijndel. At this occasion he was "from Amsterdam, plaetsnijder (engraver) from profession, 35 years old, and living on the Haarlemmerdijk."[5] After the death of Geertruij in September 1690,[6] Gerrit, as widower of Geertruij and still living on the Haarlemmerdijk, remarried on 7 October 1695 with the 34-year old Anna Cornelis.[5] Gerrit and Anna baptized children between 1697 and 1701 and together were witnesses at other baptisms as late as June 1712.[7] A Gerrit van Schagen was buried 19 March 1724 at the Karthuizer cemetery in Amsterdam.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "van Schagen 1680 World & Continents". Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- ^ Catalog of van Schagen's maps Archived 2023-11-07 at the Wayback Machine at the University of Amsterdam
- ^ Biographical sketch Archived 2023-11-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
- ^ He signed his maps in the lower right corner with variations of "t'Amsterdam Gedruckt by G. van Schagen, by de Nieuwe Haerlemmer Sluys."
- ^ a b Marriage records of Gerrit van Schagen at the Amsterdams Stadsarchief
- ^ Burial record of Geertruijt van Schijndel at the Amsterdams Stadsarchief
- ^ Baptism records at the Amsterdams Stadsarchief
- ^ Burial records of Gerrit van Schagen in Amsterdam
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