Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten (bapt. 1 March 1622 in

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– buried in July 1666 in Amsterdam?) was a Dutch painter of

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and landscapes, particularly of events of the

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and Dutch-Swedish War.

Biography

There is some confusion about the identity of four landscape painters named Beerstraaten; Johannes, this Jan Abrahamsz,

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, and

Anthonie Anthonie is a Dutch language, Dutch and masculine given name transliterated from Antonius in use in the Netherlands, Greenland, Suriname, Republic of Karelia, South Africa, Namibia, Belgium and Indonesia. The same spelling is a Norwegian language, ...

. Jan Abrahamsz, painter, married in Amsterdam on 30 August 1642. From this marriage eleven children were born, and when he married a second time in 1665, a daughter was born. Currently, The RKD records Johannes as the same person, and Abraham Beerstraaten is considered to be his oldest son. Anthonie Beerstraaten was related to this painter.Anthonie Beerstraaten
in the

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The RKD has registered two paintings signed Anthonie van Beerstraten: one is a view of a southern seaport from 1664 (currently location

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) and the other a view of a church in Aarlanderveen in the former city hall of

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. Based on these two paintings C. Hofstede de Groot an early Dutch art historian, classified paintings signed A. Beerstraaten as by Anthonie if they were a poorer grade than ones already attributed to Abraham.

Selected works

''Winter View of Leyden''
1660 –

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''Skating at Slooten, near Amsterdam''
–

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*''Winter Landscape, 1655'' – John Paul Getty Museum
''Imaginary view of a port,''
''with the façade of

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in Rome'', also known as ''The Old Port of

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''Port''
–

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''Imaginary view of a port''
''with the

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''View of the Yacht of the Princes of Orange and Other Ships''
–

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The Castle of Muiden in Winter ''The Castle of Muiden in Winter'' is a 1658 oil on canvas painting by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, now in the National Gallery, London The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, E ...

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*5 works now at the

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, Amsterdam
''Sailing man-of-war''
(watercolour on paper) –

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''A Dutch Flagship and a Fluyt Running into a Mediterranean Harbour''
–

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''The Battle of Scheveningen''
– National Maritime Museum

Gallery

File:Eerste fase van de Zeeslag in de Sont - First phase of the Battle of the Sound - November 8 1658 (Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraten, 1660).jpg, ''First phase of the

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) File:Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten (Amsterdam 1622-1666) - A winter landscape with activities on the ice near Castle Buren.jpg, A winter landscape with activities on the ice near Castle Buren

References

External links

Art and the empire city: New York, 1825-1861
an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Beerstraaten (see index)
Beerstraaten, Jan Abrahamsz
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History *http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/beerstraten_jan_abrahamsz.html *http://www.artnet.com/artist/2224/jan-abrahamsz-beerstraten.html *https://archive.today/20130209152526/http://wwar.com/masters/b/beerstraten-jan_abrahamsz.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Beerstraaten, Jan Abrahamsz 1622 births 1666 deaths Painters from Amsterdam Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch marine artists