Discover painter, draftsperson, print artist Jan de Baen

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: Baen, Johan de

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson, print artist, court painter
court painter for Berlin, although he probably never went there (cf. Seidel 1890, p. 131). He also was a captain in the militia (Houbraken 1718).

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish

Born: Haarlem (city) 1633-02-20
Houbraken 1719

Deceased: The Hague (city) 1702-03/1702-03-08
buried 8 March 1702

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: His father was a merchant in linen and flax, but he and his wife died when Jan was only three years old. From which time his uncle Hindrik Pyman in Emden (c. 1580-after 1647), a brother of his mother, took him into his home and taught him the rudiments of art. In 1665 he married Maria de Kinderen, with whom he had two childeren: Willemijna and Jacob de Baen (1672-c. 1700); father-in-law of Daniël Vincentius

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265 hits in RKDimages as artist
2 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
410 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist
1 hit in RKDtechnical as artist

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Biographical information

Education: Tekenacademie (Den Haag 1682-)

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Emden 1636 - 1645
lived with his uncle, the Flemish painter Hindrik Pijman in Emden, who was his first teacher (Houbraken 1719, p. 303)
Amsterdam (stad) 1645 - 1660
In 1645 this uncle came to die and the next year, then being 13 years old, he was placed in Amsterdam to continue learning art under the supervision of the painter Jacob Adriaensz. Backer (Houbraken 1719, p. 303).
Kleef
according to Houbraken (Houbraken 1719, p. 313), Jan de Baen visited Johan Maurits several times in Cleves (repeated in Gerson 1942/1983, p. 226)
Den Haag (stad) 1660 - 1666
c. 1660
Londen (Engeland) 1666
summoned by Charles II before 1666 (Saur 1992); according to Houbraken Charles II not only had him sent for but also had him brought to England by lord Killigrew on the royal yacht to paint [...] portraits (Houbraken 1719, p. 305). Horn 2000 identifies this Lord Killegrew as William Killigrew (1605-1693) (Horn 2000, vol. 2, p. 794, note 7-35).
Den Haag (stad) 1666 - 1702

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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.: Backer, Jacob Adriaensz.
Pijman, Hindrick
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.: Baen, Jacobus de
Bodecker, Johann Friedrich
Godijn, Dionys
Limborch, Hendrik van
Ravesteyn, Nicolaes van (II)
Rijs, Pietro
Roer, Jacob van der
Sweel, Jan van
Vincentius, Daniël
Vollevens, Jan (I)

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

Medium/technique: oil paint

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 2 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 2 (1719), p. 153, 303-314, 318, 321-323, vol. 3 (1721), p. 161, 170, 310, 337 (as: Jan de Baan)
Weyerman 1729-1769 , vol. 2, p. 328
Van der Aa 1852-1878 , vol. 2 (1854), p. 1-5 (as: Jan de Baan)
Obreen 1877-1890 , vol. 3 (1880-1881), p. 79-80
Von Wurzbach 1906-1911 , vol. 1 (1906), p. 44-45
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 382, 385, 387 (as: J. de Baen)
Hollstein et al. 1949-2010 , vol. 1 (1949), p. 64-65
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 14
Haak 1984 , p. 454-456
Saur 1992- , vol. 6 (1992), p. 237-238
Turner et al. 1996 , vol. 3, p. 42
Buijsen/Dumas et al. 1998 , p. 82-85 en 284
Horn 2000 , vol. 1, p. 295-3000
Kollmann 2000 , p. 148
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

P. Seidel, 'Die Beziehungen des grossen Kurfürsten zur niederländischen Kunst', Jahrbuch der königlichen preussischen Kunstsammlungen 11 (1890), p. 131
L. van Noortwijk, 'Familie de Witt in ere hersteld. De restauratie van vier portretten', Bulletin Dordrechts Museum 30 (2005), no. 3, p. 20-23
R. Ekkart, 'De portretten van Johan en Cornelis de Wit', Bulletin Dordrechts Museum 30 (2005), no. 3, p. 24-29
E.E.S. Gordenker, 'Standing at the Crossroad: Arnold Houbraken on the Career of Jan de Baen', in: Aemulatio. Imitation, emulation and invention in Netherlandish art from 1500 to 1800. Essays in honor of Eric Jan Sluijter, Zwolle 2011, p. 419-428

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Archive location: fichescollectie Cornelis Hofstede de Groot
archief Abraham Bredius
Project: Gerson Digital : Germany
Gerson Digital : United Kingdom

External links: this artist in Ecartico

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Creation date: 1991-11-20; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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