Cornelis van der Meulen (1642 – 1691) 

• Was a Dutch painter.
• Born in Dortrecht where he was baptized on 5 September 1642.

• His parents were Cornelis Adriaensz. van der Meulen, a cloth maker, and Helena Gijsbrecht van der Spiegel.

• In the late 1650s, he was a pupil of Samuel van Hoogstraten in his hometown.

• Van Hoogstraten set van der Meulen in the direction of the painting of trompe-l'œil still lifes.

• It is possible that he traveled to Italy and spent time in Rome.

• He probably arrived in Stockholm some time in the first half of 1678. 

• In the next year he appeared as a member on the register of the Stockholm painters' guild. 

• He painted vanitas still lifes and a still lifes with musical instruments for Ericsberg Palace in Sodermanland.

• The Swedish still life painter Christian von Thum is mentioned as his master in some sources.

• In 1683 he was commissioned to assist with the decoration of Drottningholm Palace, the private residence of the Swedish royal family.

• He died in Stockholm where he was buried on 5 January 1692.

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