Jan van Bijlert
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 Jean Bylert,engraving by Pieter de Bailliu after a self-portrait 1649, published in Het Gulden Cabinet p 117 |
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| Birth name | Jan Van Bijlert |
| Born | 1597 Utrecht |
| Died | 1671 (aged 73–74) Utrecht |
| Field | Painting |
| Movement | Baroque |
Jan Hermansz van Bijlert (1597 or 1598 – November 1671) was a Dutch portrait painter in the style of Caravaggio.
[edit] Biography
Jan van Bijlert was born at Utrecht, the son of a the stained glass worker Herman Beernts van Bijlert, and became a student of Abraham Bloemaert.[1] He moved to Amsterdam, where he married in 1625.[1]. He travelled in France and Italy on a Grand Tour. In Rome in 1621 he became a founding member of the painters' circle known as the Bentvueghels with the nickname "Aeneas" along with Cornelis van Poelenburch and Willem Molijn.[1] In 1625 he was back in Utrecht, where after he married, he became a member of the schutterij and in 1630 became a member of the Utrecht Guild of St. Luke and the Reformed church.[1] During the years 1632-1637 he was active as deacon of the Guild of At. Luke, and in 1634 he was appointed regent of the Sint-Jobsgasthuis. In 1639 he helped form a painter's school, the "Schilders-College", where he served as regent. He died in Utrecht.
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[edit] References
- (Dutch) Joan Bylert biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
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