• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• Hiscontemporaries included Vermeer, Ter Borch, and De Hooch.
• According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, he was active in Haarlem.
• He was a student of Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem.
• He was buried in Nieuwezijds Kapel.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: The Music Lesson, 1671.
Jacob Ochtervelt, The Music Lesson, 1671
Original, Art Institute of Chicago. Visited in 2018.
Jacob Ochtervelt, The Music Lesson, 1671
Jacob Ochtervelt, A Nurse and a Child in an Elegant Foyer, 1663
Original, NGA-DC. Visited in 2017-18.
Jacob Ochtervelt, A Nurse and a Child in an Elegant Foyer, 1663
The Love Letter,early (1670s
Original, MET-NY. Visited in 2017-20.
The Love Letter,early (1670s)
Jacob Ochtervelt, Sluzka obsluhujici vojaky v hostinci. Serving Maid and Soldiers in an Inn. 
Original, Sternbersky Palac. Visited in 2017-19. 
Jacob Ochtervelt, Sluzka obsluhujici vojaky v hostinci. Serving Maid and Soldiers in an Inn. 
Jacob Ochtervelt, Begging musicians
Original, Staatliche Museum in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie. Visited in 2019.
Jacob Ochtervelt, The Dancing Dog, 1669
Original, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art - Hartford. Visited in 2019.
Jacob Ochtervelt, The Dancing Dog, 1669
Jacob Ochtervelt, A Musical Company, c. 1668
Original, The Cleveland Museum of Art. Visited in 2020.
Jacob Ochtervelt, A Musical Company, c. 1668
