Discover painter Jan van Asch

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: Asch, Hans van
Thieme/Becker 1908 as: Hans van Asch

Qualifications: painter

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish

Born: 1567
c. 1657 (Stolk 2014A)

Deceased: Delft (city) 1642/1641-09-01
buried on 1 September 1642 in Oude Kerk (Stolk 2014A)

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: Married in Delft on 3 October 1587 Maertgen Pietersdr., father of Pieter Jansz. van Asch (Thieme/Becker 1908)

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Lier (prov. Antwerpen)
Delft (stad) 1587 - 1642
Married in 1587, living at the time on Choorstraat (north-side), later Papenstraat (east-side) in 'Het Wapen van Antwerpen'; earned his living as stocking maker and painter (portraits) till 1642; lived at his death on Doelstraat (same address where his son Pieter would die 1678) (Stolk 2014A)

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Connections with other artists

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.: Asch, Pieter van

master of his son Pieter (Thieme/Becker 1908)

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
recorded as portrait painter in 1603 (Thieme/Becker 1908)

Medium/technique: oil paint

Member of

never registered as a guild member (Montias 1982)

Literature

Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 2 (1908), p. 175 (als Hans van Asch)
Witt Checklist 1978
Montias 1982 , p. 80-81, 152
Van der Willigen/De Kinkelder (typescript 1993/1998) (under Pieter van Asch)

A. Bredius, 'Drie Delftsche schilders, Evert van Aelst, Pieter Jansz. van Asch en Adam Pick', Oud-Holland 6 (1898), p. 289-298, esp.p. 294-295

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Creation date: 2006-12-14; Last modified date: 2023-03-27

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