Jan Snellinck

Flemish painter, draughtsman, tapestry designer and art dealer. Son of Daniel Snellinck (fl.1531–44), a painter and pedlar, and Cornelia Verhulst, who was related to the Bruegel family. Married Helena de Jode on 10 July 1574, daughter of Gerard de Jode (q.v.), the Antwerp engraver and print publisher; his pupils are mentioned in the Antwerp guild’s records from 1577–8, but he became a citizen of Antwerp only on 27 June 1596. Snellinck’s earliest known works are the drawings for prints in the Thesaurus veteris et novi testamenti (Antwerp, 1585), published by his father-in-law.