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Jan ten Compe

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Jan ten Compe, portrayed by Tibout Regters in 1751.
Jan ten Compe, portrayed by Tibout Regters in 1751.
Jan ten Compe upper left in Jan van Gool's Nieuw Schouburg

Jan ten Compe (1713, Amsterdam – 1761, Amsterdam), was an 18th-century landscape painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

The castle Berkenrode after the fire in 1747.

According to his biographer Jan van Gool, he was a follower of Jan van der Heyden and Gerrit Berckheyde.[1] He works were in demand by wealthy patrons such as Mayor Rendorp of Amsterdam and Mr. De Groot of the Hague, where Van Gool saw his paintings of prominent buildings and landmarks of Rotterdam, Delft, the Hague, Leiden, Haarlem, and Amsterdam.[1]

According to the RKD he was the pupil of Dirck Dalens III and the teacher of Geerit Toorenburgh.[2] He was also known as Jan ten Kompe or I.T. Conyn.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Template:Link language Jan ten Compe Biography in Nieuwe Schouburg (with painter index), (1750) by Jan van Gool, in the Institute of Dutch History
  2. ^ a b Jan ten Compe in the RKD

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