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Dutch Golden Age landscape painter
In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Lijs, not Lijs.
According to Houbraken he was the best pupil of Cornelis van Poelenburch, whose works were often confused with those of his master.
According to the RKD he is known as a pupil of Cornelis van Poelenburch whose only known work today is a drawing in the manner of Jan Both in the collection of the Noordbrabants Museum.