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Also Known As Hercules Pieterszoon Seegers • Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers • Hercules Pieterszoon Zegers • Hercules Pietersz Segers • Herkules Pieterszoon Seghers
Born c.1590 • Haarlem • Netherlands
Died c.1638 • Amsterdam • Netherlands

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