Pieter van den Broecke (Antwerp, 1585 – Straat Malakka, 1640) was a cloth merchant in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He made five voyages and was on the road for eight years. He was one of the first Dutch people to drink coffee. Frans Hals, 1582-1666, Antwerp- Haarlem, Dutch, The Netherlands, 17th century, Dutch Golden Age ( He painted lively, sometimes even cheerful, portraits of people from all levels of society, important people, naughty children and even drunks or people who had been declared crazy. )

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Location: Haarlem
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