Dossier:Painters and Drebbel
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During his whole life Drebbel has had close contacts with painters and graphical artists.
It all started around 1590 with his training time in Hendrick Goltzius studio. Together with his good friend, the painter
and writer Karel van Mander, Goltzius organized an Academy in Haarlem. As a result of their trips abroad, they were quite familiar
with the trends in Italy and elsewhere. Jacob de Gheyn II and Jacob Matham were active students in that period, as well as
Claes Jansz Clock and Petrus Overraat. Van Manderen was at the origin of three of Drebbel's engravings:
Many painters on the other hand have shown interest in his inventions and represented or used it in their works.