HEEMSKERK, Willem Jacobsz. van
(b. 1613, Leiden, d. 1693, Leiden)

Biography

Dutch glass engraver. Like his father before him he became a merchant. After his textile business went bankrupt he was offered prestigious positions in various guilds. Besides his work, he also wrote poems and taught himself calligraphy and applied his talent in this direction to glass as well as paper. As a master calligrapher and glass engraver he was exceptionally productive and decorated drinking glasses, bottles and glass bowls.