Full Name Jan Claesz Died 1719, Hoorn, Netherlands Nationality Netherlands Period Baroque | Movement Baroque seascapes Known for Painting Name Jan Rietschoof | |
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Born 21 May 1652 ( 1652-05-21 ) Hoorn | ||
Jan Claesz Rietschoof (1651–1719) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of seascapes.
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Biography
According to Houbraken he learned painting first from Abraham Liedts, and later from the renowned seascape painter Ludolf Bakhuizen.
Paintings
His paintings today hang in various museums in the Netherlands. He taught his son Hendrik Rietschoof (1678–1747) how to paint; Hendrik's seascape and seaport drawings are online at the Amsterdam archives. In Hoorn he was a contemporary of the flower painter Jacob Rootius, who was the son of the influential schutterstuk painter Jan Albertsz Rotius.
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