Geometri

1587–1595 · Lugar de trabajo

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.

1600

Builds a fountain at the Noorderpoort in Middelburg

In Middelburg, a centre of spectacle-making, he may have picked up the art of lens grinding, and later builds a magic lantern and a camera obscura.

1600–1601 · Lugar de trabajo

Middelburg