Roelof Koets was a Dutch Golden Age

Dutch Golden Age

The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...

 painter.

Biography

According to the RKD, he was the teacher of his son, the later painter Andries Koets. He worked together with the Haarlem still life painters Pieter Claesz

Pieter Claesz

Pieter Claesz was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter.-Biography:He was born in Berchem, Belgium, near Antwerp, where he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1620. He moved to Haarlem in 1621, where his son, the landscape painter Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem was born...

 and Jan Jansz van de Velde

Jan Jansz van de Velde

Jan Jansz van de Velde , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to the RKD he was taught to paint by his father Jan van de Velde, but his still lifes show the influence of the Haarlem still life painter Willem Claesz Heda...

. He himself was influenced by Floris van Dyck and in turn influenced Floris van Schooten

Floris van Schooten

Floris van Schooten, , was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter.-Biography:According to the RKD, Van Schooten was the son of a leading Catholic family of Amsterdam who came to live in Haarlem in 1612...

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Roelof Koets of Zwolle

Another Roelof Koets or Coets, usually referred to as Roelof Koets II (ca 1640-1725), was born and worked in Zwolle and is known as a portrait painter and the teacher of the miniature painter Herman Wolters, the husband of Henriëtta van Pee

Henriëtta van Pee

Henriëtta van Pee , was an 18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands.-Biography:According to the RKD she was the granddaughter of Jan van Pee and the daughter of Theodor van Pee. She married the painter Herman Wolters...

. Portraits are generally attibuted to Koets II, and still life paintings are all attributed to the earlier Roelof Koets.