Isaac Koedijck. Isaac Koedijck was a Dutch painter and merchant.
He mainly produced genre paintings . On May 18, 1641, Koedijck married the wid .w Sophia de Solemne, a sister of David de Solemne, from Arnhem.
He had been quartermaster of Count Ernst of Nassau and then left for the Indies as a soldier. The young couple went to live on the Looiersgracht in Amsterdam.
However, his business as a merchant did not go so well. In 1644 he got into trouble when someone could not pay back a loan.
He was also unable to repay his own loan. All his possessions were inventoried by a notary in November 1644, but he eventually managed to reach an arrangement with his creditor. In 1651 the couple found themselves in Batavia. Here he was hired by the VOC as a merchant and agent, to become a court painter for the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in Agra and at the same time keep the Company informed of relevant matters going on at court. However, upon arrival in Suratte, it became apparent that this appointment would not go ahead. He was then appointed secunde under Hubert Hugo in Ahmedabad, not far from Suratte, where he went in January 1652. When Hugo repatriated the following year, he became chief. When the director of Suratte, Gerard Pelgrim, left, he became second under the new director Hendrik van Gent in 1655. He was also promoted to chief merchant. In Suratte, Sophia's cousin Esther, David de Solemne's daughter
He mainly produced genre paintings . On May 18, 1641, Koedijck married the wid .w Sophia de Solemne, a sister of David de Solemne, from Arnhem.
He had been quartermaster of Count Ernst of Nassau and then left for the Indies as a soldier. The young couple went to live on the Looiersgracht in Amsterdam.
However, his business as a merchant did not go so well. In 1644 he got into trouble when someone could not pay back a loan.
He was also unable to repay his own loan. All his possessions were inventoried by a notary in November 1644, but he eventually managed to reach an arrangement with his creditor. In 1651 the couple found themselves in Batavia. Here he was hired by the VOC as a merchant and agent, to become a court painter for the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in Agra and at the same time keep the Company informed of relevant matters going on at court. However, upon arrival in Suratte, it became apparent that this appointment would not go ahead. He was then appointed secunde under Hubert Hugo in Ahmedabad, not far from Suratte, where he went in January 1652. When Hugo repatriated the following year, he became chief. When the director of Suratte, Gerard Pelgrim, left, he became second under the new director Hendrik van Gent in 1655. He was also promoted to chief merchant. In Suratte, Sophia's cousin Esther, David de Solemne's daughter
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