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Jan Arends

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Jan Arends
Born
Jan Arends

(1738-09-11)11 September 1738
Dordrecht, Netherlands
Died22 April 1805(1805-04-22) (aged 66)
Dordrecht, Netherlands
EducationJ. Ponse
Occupation(s)painter and engraver
RelativesRoelof Arends (brother)

Jan Arends (11 September 1738, in Dordrecht – 22 April 1805, in Dordrecht) was a Dutch painter. He was the brother of the poet Roelof Arends. He was a pupil of J. Ponse, and painted landscapes and marine subjects. He laboured many years at Amsterdam and Middelburg, but returned eventually to Dordrecht, where he died in 1805. He was well skilled in perspective, and practised engraving.

References

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainBryan, Michael (1886). "Arends, Jan". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.