Jan Kobell (born

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, 1779; died

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, 14 September 1814) was a Dutch

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and landscape painter.

Biography

He was a pupil of Willem Rutgaart van der Wall at

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. He studied diligently from nature, and took

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for his model, acquiring his talent for animal as well as landscape work. In 1812 he went to

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, where he won the gold medal and high praise from art critics. His popularity increased rapidly until his premature death. Of his cattle pieces, noted for their technique and precision of drawing, there are excellent specimens in the museums of Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

Family

Jan Kobell was the son of

Hendrik Kobell Hendrik Kobell (13 September 1751 – 3 August 1779) was an 18th-century landscape and marine painter, etcher, draftsman and watercolorist from the Northern Netherlands. Biography He came from a painting family and was a cousin of Ferdinand Kobe ...

. He is often called Jan Kobell II to distinguish him from his uncle, or Jan Kobell the elder to distinguish him from his cousin. The uncle Jan Kobell (born

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, 1756; died 1833) engraved anatomical plates, and his only well-known work was a series of historical portraits (1787). The cousin Jan Kobell (born Rotterdam 1800; died 1838) was a landscape and cattle painter. He was the son of Jan the engraver uncle. He attended Rotterdam Academy, and painted his principal work, a life-size cattle piece, in 1830. Anna (1795–1847), sister of Jan the younger, was also a noted artist.

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