 He is most notable as an art collector and for his links to Johannes Vermeer - his collection included 21 Vermeer works (including "The Milkmaid", "Portrait of a Young Woman", "A Girl Asleep", "Woman Holding a Balance" and "The Music Lesson") and in 1680 he married Madgdalene, daughter and sole heir of Vermeer's main patron Pieter van Ruijven.Dissius died in 1695 and his collection was auctioned off in Amsterdam the following year.Jacob Dissius was baptised on 23 November 1653 in Delft as the son of Maria Cloeting and the printer Abraham Dissius.