early life and training jan daemen cool (workshop of), a prominent dutch painter, was born in 1589 in rotterdam, netherlands. little is known about his early life, but it is believed that he was a pupil of the painter daemen cool, from whom he likely derived his name and artistic style. artistic career in 1613, jan daemen cool married agniesje jaspersdr in delft, marking the beginning of his established career. a year later, in 1614, he was admitted into the guild of st. luke at delft, a prestigious artists' guild. however, by 1618, cool had returned to rotterdam, where he married lysbeth, th…