Discover painter Jan Gabrielsz. Sonjé

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: Sonjé, Jan
Songee, Johannes
Jager 2016, p. 343 note 5

Qualifications: painter

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish

Born: Delft (city) 1625
c. 1625. When he registered as a member of the Guild on 3 September 1646 he was called as being born in Delft

Deceased: Rotterdam (city) 1697-01/1697-01-15
He is probably identical with the ' Jan gabereijeltsse opt Oostende' who is buried on 15 January 1697 (Jager 2016, p. 343 and note 18) The date 1707-09, which is named in older literature (and in RKD artists!) is mistaken, all the more as he is alrady mentioned as being deseased in a list of 1698 (Jager 2016, p. 343, notes 16 & 17)

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: On 20 January 1658 he married Elisabeth de Jong from Rotterdam, with whom he had three daughters baptized between 1658 and 1663. When she died is not known, but Sonje remarried in 1665 in Dordrecht with Claesje Kerckenburgh from Geertruidenberg (Jager 2016, p. 342-343, inventory of his Estate in June 1665) Between 1667 and 1675 they had three sons baptized

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).

Mase and Sonjé frequently worked together, where Sonjé painted the landscape and Van Mase the figures

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Delft (stad) 1646 - 1654
From 3 September 1646 member of Sint-Lucasgilde. he left the town after the Gunpowder explosion of 1654
Rotterdam (stad) 1654 - 1658
There are no mentions of Sonje between 1654 and 6 January 1658, but it is supposed that he was living in Rotterdam during that time
Dordrecht (stad) 1665
Rotterdam (stad) 1665 - 1697
in 1678,1686,1692 dean of the Guild

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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.: Pijnacker, Adam
Jan Sysmus' painter's manual mentions Pynacker as his teacher (Jager 2016, p. 343 note 4)
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Maes, Gerrit
Asch, Pieter 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.: italianate, landscape (genre), river landscape, architecture (genre)

Medium/technique: oil paint

Member of

Sint-Lucasgilde (Delft)

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 1 hit in RKDlibrary as subject

Obreen 1877-1890 , p. 45 no 52a
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 31 (1937), p. 276
Von Wurzbach 1906-1911 , vol. 2, p. 640
Witt Checklist 1978
Schadee 1994 , p. 299
Van der Willigen/De Kinkelder (typescript 1993/1998)
Jager 2016 , p. 342-343

Th. von Frimmel, 'Ein unbeschriebenes Bild von Jan Gabrielsz Sonjé', Oud-Holland 20 (1902), p. 128

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