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Life in Holland

in the 1600's

The Sleepy Sportsman
The Letter-Writer Surprised
The Virginal Lesson
Old Drinker
The Virginal Player

Work in Holland

in the 1600's

Spectacle maker
Lawyer
Engraver
Stone mason

Maertge Sebastiaans van den Berch

Patronymic: 
Sebastiaans
Antony's: 
great-aunt
Parents
Father: 
Sebastiaan Cornelis van den Berch
Mother: 
Neeltje Jans Hogenhouck
Siblings
Lived to adulthood: 
Jacob Sebastiaans van den Berch
Cornelis o Sebastiaans van den Berch
Johan Sebastiaans van den Berch
Sebastiaan Sebastiaans van den Berch
Pieter Sebastiaans van den Berch
Maerten Sebastiaans van den Berch
Cornelis j Sebastiaans van den Berch
Aeltje Sebastiaans van den Berch
Margaretha Sebastiaans van den Berch
Cornelia Sebastiaans van den Berch
Marriage
Spouse: 

unmarried?

Children: 

no children

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Life in Holland

in the 1600's

Girl Eating Oysters
World Turned Upside Down
Hear it, Sing it
Lady and Servant
Mother's Duty
Sitting Men and Woman in Garden