title: Jacob Esselens
text: # Jacob Esselens
  
  Jacob Esselens (1626, Amsterdam – 1687, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
  
  ## Biography
  
  According to the RKD travelled to Kleve in 1663 and got married in 1668 in Amsterdam. He travelled in France and later to England as a silk merchant.
  
  