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Jan Franse Verzijl (1599, Gouda – 1647, Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the
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Franse Jan Verzijl
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Jan Franse Verzijl (1599, Gouda – 1647, Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.
Biography
Houbraken listed him with the Gouda paintersJan Damesz de Veth
Jan Damesz de Veth (1595 in Gouda – 1625 in Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.
Houbraken listed him with the Gouda painters Jan Franse Verzijl, and Jan and Pieter Donker as noteworthy artists that he intended to include i ...
, Jan en Pieter Donker as noteworthy artists that he intended to include in his book of biographies.Jan Franse Verzijl mentionedin ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the
Digital library for Dutch literature
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His source was ''Beschrijving der stad Gouda'' by Ignatius Walvis
Ignatius Walvis (1653, Utrecht – 1714, Gouda), was an 18th-century priest, historian, and writer from the Netherlands.
Biography
He was the son of the painter Johan Baptist Walvis who moved from Antwerp to Utrecht in the year of his birt ...
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According to the RKD he was a follower of Caravaggio and is known for works in schuilkerk
A clandestine church ( nl, schuilkerk), defined by historian Benjamin J. Kaplan as a "semi-clandestine church", is a house of worship used by religious minorities whose communal worship is tolerated by those of the majority faith on condition t ...
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RKD
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In 1644 he painted the regents of the orphanage of Gouda with a self-portrait of himself standing behind his brother-in-law Hart on the left.Dutch Wikipedia After his death his widow founded the Harten hofje
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A hofje (diminutive of 'hof', 'court') is a Dutch word for a courtyard with almshouses around it. Hofjes have existed since the Middle Ages.
A hofje provided housing for elderly people (mostly women). ...
in Gouda that was torn down in 1965.
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Franse Jan Verzijl
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