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Jacobus Cornelis Gaal (5 September 1796 in

Oost-Souburg Oost-Souburg is a town in the municipality of Vlissingen in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands. History The village was first mentioned in 1162 as Sutburch, and used to mean "southern fortified place", because it was the most southern of thre ...

– 20 December 1866 in Kampen) was a Dutch painter and

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. Gaal was born in East Souburg, the son of

Pieter Gaal Pieter Gaal (19 July 1769 in Middelburg – 13/18 January 1819 in Middelburg)Pieter Gaal
in the

Middelburg Middelburg may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Europe * Middelburg, Zeeland, the capital city of the province of Zeeland, southwestern Netherlands ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Middelburg, a former Catholic diocese with its see in the Zeeland ...

1822,

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1852, and

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1853. He painted portraits of

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and King William II. His portrait of a young woman being dressed by a maidservant, "Junges Madchen in Weissem Kleid Beim Ankleiden" was sold for US$4000. During his life he made several trips down the

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. On 16 July 1819 he married Cornelia Petronella Hofstede.

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