Claes Jacobsz van der Heck (Nicolaes Jacobsz van der Heck) (c.1575 in Alkmaar – 1652 in Alkmaar), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Claes Jacobsz van der Heck was the son of Jacob Dircksz (c. 1534-1608) and Adriana (died 1591) van der Heck, and the grand-nephew of painter Maarten van Heemskerck. According to Hessel Miedema's notes on this family in his translation of Karel...