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Jan van Bijlert
Dutch Baroque Era Painter, ca.1597-1671
Dutch painter. He was the son of the Utrecht glass painter Herman Beerntsz. van Bijlert (c. 1566-before 1615). Jan must have trained first with his father but was later apprenticed to the painter Abraham Bloemaert. After his initial training, he visited France and travelled to Italy, as did other artists from Utrecht. Jan stayed mainly in Rome, where he became a member of the Schildersbent; he returned to Utrecht in 1624. In Rome he and the other Utrecht artists had come under the influence of the work of Caravaggio; after their return home, this group of painters, who became known as the UTRECHT CARAVAGGISTI, adapted the style of Caravaggio to their own local idiom. The Caravaggesque style, evident in van Bijlert's early paintings, such as St Sebastian Tended by Irene (1624; Rohrau, Schloss; see fig.) and The Matchmaker (1626; Brunswick, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Mus.), is characterized by the use of strong chiaroscuro, the cutting off of the picture plane so that the image is seen close-up and by an attempt to achieve a realistic rather than idealized representation.
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Painting ID:: 27343
Portait of a young man,half-length,wearing a breastplate and brooch,wearing a breastplate and brooch with the head of medusa,and the order of the gold
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oil on panel,in a carved and gilt wood frame
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Painting ID:: 52606
Musical Company
Oil on panel, 97 x 115 cm
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Painting ID:: 84003
Johannes de Evangelist.
Date ca.1625-30
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 94.3 x 77.6 cm (37.1 x 30.6 in)
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Painting ID:: 87868
Johannes de Evangelist
1625-30
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 94.3 x 77.6 cm (37.1 x 30.6 in)
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Painting ID:: 90646
Music society
c 1640. Oil on canvas
17th century
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Jan van Bijlert
Dutch Baroque Era Painter, ca.1597-1671
Dutch painter. He was the son of the Utrecht glass painter Herman Beerntsz. van Bijlert (c. 1566-before 1615). Jan must have trained first with his father but was later apprenticed to the painter Abraham Bloemaert. After his initial training, he visited France and travelled to Italy, as did other artists from Utrecht. Jan stayed mainly in Rome, where he became a member of the Schildersbent; he returned to Utrecht in 1624. In Rome he and the other Utrecht artists had come under the influence of the work of Caravaggio; after their return home, this group of painters, who became known as the UTRECHT CARAVAGGISTI, adapted the style of Caravaggio to their own local idiom. The Caravaggesque style, evident in van Bijlert's early paintings, such as St Sebastian Tended by Irene (1624; Rohrau, Schloss; see fig.) and The Matchmaker (1626; Brunswick, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Mus.), is characterized by the use of strong chiaroscuro, the cutting off of the picture plane so that the image is seen close-up and by an attempt to achieve a realistic rather than idealized representation.
. Related Artists to Jan van Bijlert: | Martin Mijtens d.a. | Henry Alken Jnr | Theodore Rousseau | Alessandro Turchi | Pinturicchio |
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