Cornelis Beelt

Place: Haarlem

Born: 1602

Death: 1664

Biography:

Cornelis Beelt was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. He was born in Haarlem between 1602 and 1612 and died between 1664 and 1702. He was known for signed landscapes between 1651 and 1664. He was a follower of Willem Gillisz Kool. His last dated work was from 1664. He was a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke and was listed in 1661 as one of the 51 better-known painters of the total of 72 painters who paid their 7 stuivers that year. He was granted city status or stadsrechten in 1245, although the first city walls were not built until 1270. The modern city encompasses the former municipality of Schoten as well as parts that previously belonged to Bloemendaal and Heemstede. Apart from the city, the municipality of Haarlem also includes the western part of the village of Spaarndam. Newer sections of Spaarndam lie within the neighbouring municipality of Haarlemmermeer.