Background
Akersloot was born in Haarlem.
Akersloot was born in Haarlem.
Akersloot (1600–1661) was a Dutch Golden Age engraver. He was a pupil of January van de Velde and is known for his landscape illustrations engraved after other artists such as Pieter de Molijn, Pieter Saenredam and Adriaen van de Venne. He also worked in Paris in 1620.
He was possibly also the pupil of Jacob van der Schuere, whose portrait he engraved.
He was the son of Outgert Ariss Akersloot, who signed Salomon de Bray"s petition to the city council in 1631 for a new reorganization of the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke. He died in The Hague.