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Jan van Ossenbeeck (1623,
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Jan van Ossenbeeck
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Jan van Ossenbeeck (1623, Rotterdam
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), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken, who was quoting Sandrart, he painted in the manner ofPieter van Laer
Pieter Bodding van Laer (christened 14 December 1599, Haarlem – 1641 or later) was a Dutch painter and printmaker. He was active in Rome for over a decade and was known for genre scenes, animal paintings and landscapes placed in the environs o ...
.Ossenbek biographyin ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the
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Joachim von Sandrart
Joachim von Sandrart (12 May 1606 – 14 October 1688) was a German Baroque art-historian and painter, active in Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age. He is most significant for his collection of biographies of Dutch and German artists the '' T ...
's "Teutsche Academie", 1682 He was so good at arranging animals and figures in front of grottos, waterfalls and Roman buildings that it was said that "He brought all of Rome with him". Though Houbraken later mentioned a member of the Bentvueghels nicknamed "Virgilius" as a poet from Brussels who signed the bentbrief of Abraham Genoels
Abraham Genoels II or Abraham Genouil (nickname: Archimedes) (25 May 1640, Antwerp – 10 May 1723, Antwerp) was a Flemish Baroque painter, draughtsman, engraver and tapestry designer. He is now mainly known for his landscape paintings, drawings ...
, he did not specify that this was Ossenbek, but wrote "...... de Bakker".
According to the RKD his nickname was "Virgillius" and he travelled to Rome during the years 1647-1655 and worked in Brussels 1656-1660 before moving to Vienna.Jan van Ossenbeeckin the
RKD
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He is known for Italianate landscapes and prints.
References
Jan van Ossenbeeck
on Artnet {{DEFAULTSORT:Ossenbeeck, Jan van 1623 births 1674 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Painters from Rotterdam