Discover painter, court painter Jacob Denys (II)

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: De Nis, Jacob (II)
De Nys, Jacob (II)
Denijs, Jacob (II)
Denys, Giacomo (II)
Denis, Jacob (II)
Nijs, Jacob de (II)
Nis, Jacob de (II)
Nys, Jacob de (II)
There has been confusion about the painter Jacob Denys, since there seem to have been three painters with that name: Frans Denys' brother (Jacob Denys I), Frans Denys' son (Jacob Denys II) and an unrelated Jacob Denys (III).

Qualifications: painter, court painter

Nationality/school: South Netherlandish, Italian

Born: Antwerp (city) 1644/1644-07-29
baptized 1644-07-29 (Rombouts/van Lerius 1872/1961, vol. 2, p. 469, note 2)

Deceased: Mantua (place) 1700-08-21/1700
after 21 August 1700 (Saur 2000)

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Frans Denys and Martina Vleckhamers; nephew of Jacob Denys I; married to Isabella Librechts (widow of Antonio Stevens), in Antwerp on 9 May 1691 (Hemeldonck 2007 S-1287)

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

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Venetië 1666
Houbraken 1721; Saur 2000
Rome 1666
Houbraken 1721; Saur 2000
Napels 1666
Saur 2000
Bologna (stad) 1666
Saur 2000
Mantua (plaats) 1666 - 1671
Houbraken 1721; Saur 2000
Florence 1672
Houbraken 1721; at the court of Cosimo III de'Medici (Saur 2000)
Sabbioneta 1672
Saur 2000
Venetië 1674
Saur 2000
Mantua (plaats) 1675
Saur 2000
Antwerpen (stad) 1679-09-18 - 1693
‘wijnmeester’ (son of a master) in the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp between 18 September 1679 and 18 September 1680 (Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872/1961, vol. 2, p. 469); inMay 1691 he married Isabella Librechts in Antwerp; van Hemeldonck 2007 lists a couple of business documents from which it becomes clear that the couple was financially very well off, although the same could be said of his father François (van Hemeldonck 2007)
Brussel 1680 - 1682
active for Allessandro Farnese (Saur 2000)
Mantua (plaats) 1697 - 1700
Saur 2000

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Connections with other artists

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.: Denys, Frans
Quellinus, Erasmus (II)
Saur 2000

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.: landscape (genre), portrait, history (genre)

Medium/technique: oil paint

Member of

Sint-Lucasgilde (Antwerpen)
Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872/1961

Literature

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 3 (1721) p. 229 (as: Jakob Denys)
Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872/1961 , vol. 2, p. 469, 477 (as: Jacob Denys, Francois sone)
Von Wurzbach 1906-1911 , vol. 1 (1906), p. 399
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 9 (1913), p. 85
Fokker 1931 (Werke Niederländischer Meister) , p. 22, 92
Witt Checklist 1978
Saur 1992- , vol. 26 (2000), p. 191
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

G. van Hemeldonck, Kunst en kunstenaars (typescript 2007), Felix Archief, Antwerp , no. S-1287 (online)

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Project: Gerson Digital : Italy

External links: this artist in Ecartico

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Creation date: 1991-12-03; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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