Discover glass painter, painter, draftsperson Jan van Bronchorst

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: Bronchorst, Jan van (I)
Bronchorst, Jan Gerritsz. van
Bronckhorst, Jan van
Bronkhorst, Jan Gerritsz. van
Jan, lange
not related to the Brussels glass writer Jan van Bronkhorst, with whom he is confused in Hoogewerff 1952 (Döring 1993). He signed consistently: 'J.v.Bronchorst': therefore the preferred spelling of his name is 'Jan van Bronchorst'.

Qualifications: glass painter, painter, draftsperson, decorative painter (of interiors), etcher
started painting in 1639 on the advice of Poelenburch (Houbraken 1718; Döring 1993, p. 25), until then working as a glass painter

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish

Born: Utrecht (city) 1603
ca. 1603. According to Houbraken 1718, he was born in Utrecht in 1603.

Deceased: Amsterdam (city) 1661-11-21/1661-12-22
In his will of March 14, 1661 he is called 'sickly'; buried 22 December 1661

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Gerrit Jacobsz. van Bronchorst (died 1631) and Feysken Claesdr van Doorn (1574-1625); married in Utrecht on 12 November 1626 to Lijntje Jans van Noort; father of the painters Johan and Gerrit van Bronchorst

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Poelenburch, Cornelis van

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4 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
243 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist

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Utrecht (stad)
Arras (Frankrijk) 1620 - 1621
worked for a year and a half in Arras (Atrecht) with the glass painter Peter Mathysz (c. 1620) (Levert 2017A)
Parijs 1621 - 1622
then traveled to Paris and worked for some time with glass painter Chamu. Hoogewerff (1959) wrongly assumed that he ('Ghilardo Bruncusi', in Hoogwerff 1942 written as 'Ghilardi Bruchusi', there as 'Gerard van Broeckhuyzen') was in Rome in March 1621 together with Jan van Bijlert and Cornelis van Poelenburch.
Utrecht (stad) 1622 - 1647
He became citizen of Utrecht on August 10, 1622, working there as a glass painter and a draughtsman of armoury for tapestries and seals (Saur 1996). According to Sandrart he regularly visited the 'acadamy' of Gerard van Honthorst in the mid 1620s. He married in 1626 with Catalijntje van Noort. He became a member of the Sint Lucas Guild on 18 May 1639 (his earliest known dated painting is of 1642).
Amsterdam (stad) 1647 - 1661
commission for large stained glass windows for the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam and the organ doors of the Nieuwe Kerk (completed 1655); ceiling paintings for City Hall (now the Royal Palace on Dam square). On 19 January 1652 1652 he became a citizen of Amsterdam (Scheltema 1853, p. 69).

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Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Chamus, Nicolas
Mathys, Peeter
Poelenburch, Cornelis van
Verburgh, Jan
According to Houbraken, he was a pupil of Verburgh, Mathys and Chamus in glass painting and learned to paint in oils from Poelenburch.
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Bronchorst, Gerard van
Bronchorst, Johan van
Everdingen, Caesar van

According to Houbraken, Caesar van Everdingen was his pupil.
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Couwenbergh, Christiaen van

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: genre, history (genre), landscape (genre), portrait, Christian religious scene, architecture (genre)

Medium/technique: oil paint

Art movement Here we mention the art movement to which an artist belonged. Many art movements have not yet been entered, because the content of this field is still under development.: Caravaggisti

Member of

Sint-Lucasgilde (Utrecht)
he became a member in 1639

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 4 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Meyssens 1649 , n.p.
De Bie 1661-1662 , p. 278
Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 1 (1718), p. 15, 231-233; vol. 2 (1719), p. 94, vol. 3 (1721), p. 380 (as: Jan van Bronkhorst)
Muller 1880
Scheltema 1855-1885 , vol. 4, p. 73-88
Von Wurzbach 1906-1911 , vol. 1 (1906), p. 190-191, vol. 3 (1911), p. 40
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 5 (1911), p. 57-58 (as: Bronckhorst, Jan Gerritsz. van)
Waller 1938/1974 , p. 49-50 (as: Bronchorst, Jan Gerritsz. van)
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 45, 56 and 150
Hollstein et al. 1949-2010 , vol. 3 [1950], p. 227-234 (as: Jan Gerritsz. van Bronchorst)
Hoogewerff 1952 , p. 133 ('it is not certain that he has also been to Rome')
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 42 (as: Bronckhorst or Bronchorst, Jan Gerrritsz. van)
Nicolson 1979 , vol. 1, p. 68-69
The Illustrated Bartsch (1978-) , vol. 5 (1979), F. Robinson,, p. 73-96
Haak 1984 , p. 316-317
Blankert/Slatkes 1986 , p. 236-240
Döring 1993 , p. 12-122
Saur 1992- , vol. 14 (1996), p. 355 (text: Th. Döring) (as: Bronchorst, Jan Gerritsz. van)
Spicer/Orr/Bok 1997 , p. 378
Blankert 1999 , J. Giltaij, 'Jan Gerritsz van Bronchorst', [biographical part], p. 152
Marcus 2007 , vol. 2, p. 12-13
Levert 2017A , p. 116
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

S. Colvin, 'Drie brieven van Jan Gerritsz van Bronchorst', Oud-Holland 4 (1886), p. 212-213
E. Pelinck, 'Het Universiteitsglas in de Pieterskerk te Leiden', Oudheidkundig Jaarboek. Bulletin van den Nederlandschen Oudheidkundigen Bond 11 (1942), p. 32-34
B. Bijtelaar, 'Twee "Vredesglazen" in de Oude kerk te Amsterdam', Oud-Holland 63 (1948), p. 48-59; p. 55ff
G.J. Hoogewerff, `Jan Gerritsz. en Jan Jansz. van Bronchorst, schilders van Utrecht', Oud-Holland 74 (1959), p. 139-160
J.R. Judson, 'Allegory of dawn and night', Wadsworth Atheneum Bulletin 6/2/2 (1966), p. I-II
Th. Döring, 'Between Caravaggism and Classicism: Bathseba by Jan Gerritsz. and Johannes van Bronchorst', Mercury (1988), no. 7, p. 51-67
E. Kolfin, 'Dedicaties en zelfcensuur. Jan van Bronchorsts kaart van Breda als geschenk aan Frederik Hendrik', Kunstlicht, 27/2-3 (2006), p. 75-77
D. Verhoef, 'De familieboom van "Adryes Jacob ons overgrootvader'", De Nederlandsche Leeuw 133 (2016) no.1, p. 12-42, esp. p. 35-36

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Archive location: archief (verzameling) Godefridus Johannes Hoogewerff
Project: Gerson Digital : France
Inventory Decorative Interior Paintings in the Netherlands (1600-1940)

External links: this artist in Ecartico

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Creation date: 1991-11-25; Last modified date: 2023-08-10

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