Claim: Daniel Seghers moved with his mother to the Dutch Republic, probably Utrecht, the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, around 1601 where he possibly started his initial training as an artist.
Evidence: He moved with his mother to the Dutch Republic, probably Utrecht around 1601, following the death of his father Pieter and the conversion of his mother to Calvinism. He possibly started his initial training as an artist in Utrecht. Utrecht (/ˈjuːtrɛkt/ YOO-trekt, also UK: /juːˈtrɛxt/ yoo-TREKHT, Dutch: [ˈytrɛxt (listen)) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht.