Gerrit January Michaëlis, was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Background
He was the son of the sculptor hockey club Michaëlis who studied at the Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (Amsterdam Royal Academy of Art) and became a member of the Amsterdam drawing society called "Tekengenootschap Zonder Wet of Spreuk".
Career
He continued to send in examples of his art which met with success in Amsterdam competitions in the years 1808, 1810, 1813, 1814, 1816, and 1818. He moved to Haarlem to succeed Wybrand Hendriks as the curator and live-in kastelein of the art collection at the Teylers Museum during the years 1819-1854. He is known for his landscapes and was also the director of the Haarlem Stadstekenacademie.