Cornelis Jacobsz DrebbelDutch, 1572–1633Geometry
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Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
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- In this state since
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- The museum
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- Accession number
- R4631
In the catalog
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- Harvard Art Museums
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Meanwhile, in the life of Cornelis Jacobsz Drebbel
The whole life1587–1595 · Workplace
Haarlem
1595
Marries Sophia Goltzius and settles in Alkmaar
He marries Sophia Jansdochter Goltzius, the younger sister of Hendrick Goltzius; the couple have at least six children, of whom four survive. Drebbel works at first as a painter, engraver and cartographer, but is in constant need of money because of his wife’s profligate lifestyle.
1598
Obtains a patent for a water-supply system and perpetual clockwork
Drebbel obtains a patent for a water-supply system and a sort of perpetual clockwork.
