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Jan Symonsz. Pynas (1582, Alkmaar – 1631,
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the
in theKren and Marx, Comments on ''Landscape with Mercury and Battus'' at the Web Gallery of Art
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Jan Symonsz. Pynas
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Jan Symonsz. Pynas (1582, Alkmaar – 1631, Amsterdam
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), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken Jan and Jacob Pynas were good at landscapes and figures, but Jan was better than Jacob.Jan en Jacob Pinas Biographyin ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the
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Jan travelled to Italy in 1605 with Pieter Lastman
Pieter Lastman (1583–1633) was a Dutch painter. Lastman is considered important because of his work as a painter of history pieces and because his pupils included Rembrandt and Jan Lievens. In his paintings Lastman paid careful attention to t ...
where they spent several years practising art after the great Italian masters.
According to the RKD he was the brother of Jacob and he made two trips to Italy in 1605 and 1617 and it is not certain his brother accompanied him.Jan Symonsz. Pynasin the
RKD
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In Rome he was friends with Adam Elsheimer
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Adam Elsheimer (18 March 1578 – 11 December 1610) was a German artist working in Rome, who died at only thirty-two, but was very influential in the early 17th century in the field of Baroque paintings. His relatively few paintin ...
, Pieter Lastman
Pieter Lastman (1583–1633) was a Dutch painter. Lastman is considered important because of his work as a painter of history pieces and because his pupils included Rembrandt and Jan Lievens. In his paintings Lastman paid careful attention to t ...
, and Jacob Ernst Thomann von Hagelstein. Jan's sister Meynsge married the artist Jan Tengnagel in 1611. He became the teacher of Bartholomeus Breenberg and Steven van Goor.
The works of the Pynas brothers are close in style to the painter Adam Elsheimer
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Adam Elsheimer (18 March 1578 – 11 December 1610) was a German artist working in Rome, who died at only thirty-two, but was very influential in the early 17th century in the field of Baroque paintings. His relatively few paintin ...
, and there has been a history of mis-attribution between the three, where both of the Pynas brothers are known to have signed their works "J. Pynas."/ref> Jan died in
Amsterdam
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; Jacob survived him by many years and is thought to have died in Delft.
Selected works
*1605 – ''Raising of Lazarus'', (Aschaffenburg
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)
*1610 – ''Moses Turning Water into Blood'', (Rembrandthuis
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, Amsterdam
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)
*1613 – ''Dismissal of Hagar'', ( Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen)
*1618 – ''Jacob Being Shown Joseph’s Bloodstained Robe'' (Hermitage Museum
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, Saint Petersburg
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)
*1618 – ''Joseph Selling Corn in Egypt'', (London
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)
References
Jan Symonsz. Pynas
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