Dutch painter, d. 1669 (9)
![Ross](/clue/static/ross-mug.min.png)
I believe the answer is:
rembrandt
(Other definitions for rembrandt that I've seen before include "Dutch seventeenth-century artist" , "Dutch painter, 1606-69" , "17th-cent. Dutch painter" , "'Night Watch' painter" , "Influential Dutch artist" .)