Cornelis van Slingeland

Cornelis van Slingeland (1635, Dordrecht – 1686, Dordrecht), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was both a cook and a painter, known by the bentname "Zeehaan" (Sea-rooster, or Sea-cock) for going to Rome twice by sea.^[1] He lived in Dordrecht "by de Groothoofdspoort, over 't Ossenhoofd".^[1]

According to the RKD he was a portrait painter who buried a child in 1666 in Dordrecht, which indicated he had settled there.^[2] He ran a kitchen for feeding the poor.^[2]

He was possibly related to Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt. No known works survive.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} (Dutch) Cornelis van Slingeland Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
2. ^ ^{a b c} Cornelis van Slingeland in the RKD

Persondata
Name	Slingeland, Cornelis van
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch Golden Age painter
Date of birth	1635
Place of birth	Dordrecht
Date of death	1686
Place of death	Dordrecht