Jan Pietersz Zomer, by Nicolaas Verkolje

Jan Pietersz van Zomer (1641–1724) was a

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engraver and art collector.

Biography

Van Zomer was born and died in

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. According to Houbraken he was a pupil of

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and he meant to write his biography but never got that far as he died before Volume 3 was published.Jan Pietersz Somer in Pieter Janszen Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

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, courtesy of the

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Zomer knew several artists first hand, because he was an art dealer who did business with them. He knew Mathias Withoos at the end of his life, who suffered from arthritis so badly that ''his fingers were curled like eagle claws'', which prevented him from working for 2–3 months at a time. Houbraken mentioned him again in the biography of

Willem Kalf Willem Kalf (1619 – 31 July 1693) was one of the most prominent Dutch still-life painters of the 17th century, the Dutch Golden Age. We first get acquainted with Willem Kalf through Arnold Houbraken, in his Groot Schilderboek, who speaks very h ...

, because Kalf had attended an auction of paintings at the ''Heeren Logement'' and then visited Zomer at his house, and on his way home he fell on his chest, and later went to bed feeling poorly but was dead in the morning. Houbraken mentioned him again in his biography of

Nicolaes Berchem Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1 October 1620 – 18 February 1683) was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre ...

, saying that Berchem enjoyed collecting prints and once spent 60 guilders on a print by

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.Nicolaes Berchem biography
in Houbraken According to the RKD he was a pupil of Pieter Jansz and is known for glass engraving, portraits and figure studies, and engravings.Jan Pietersz Zomer
in the

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References

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