Jan Aelbertsz Riethoorn (1620 – 1669), was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

painter.

Biography

He lived in

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, where he joined the

Haarlem Guild of St. Luke The Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke was first a Christian, and later a city Guild for various trades falling under the patron saints Luke the Evangelist and Saint Eligius. History During the lifetime of Geertgen tot Sint Jans, there was probably a ...

in 1646 and became a pupil of Cornelis Visscher.Jan Aelbertsz Riethoorn
in the RKD Later he became the teacher of ''Abraham de Ridder'', who made a portrait of him in 1690.An ''Abraham de Ridder'' (1668-1738) is known to have made portraits and lived in Haarlem, but he was too young to have been Riethoorn's pupil. No works survive.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Riethoorn, Jan Aelbertsz 1620 births 1669 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Haarlem