Jacob Willemszoon de Wet (1610-between 1675 and 1691),

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• De Wet was born and died in Haarlem.
• De Wet left a notebook that mentions a total of 34 pupils, most famously Paulus Potter.
• Other notable pupils were Job Adriaensz Berckheyde, Adriaen Jansz Kraen, Johann Philip Lemke, Jan Vermeer van Haarlem I (not to be confused with Vermeer of Delft), Jacob de Wet II, and Kort Withold.
• He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1632.
• Judging from the number of pupils, and the difficulties his son Jacob II had with launching an independent career, it seems that De Wet had a large and successful practise in Haarlem.
• His son Jacob II was the only one of 5 children who also became a painter.
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