Johannes van Wijckersloot (c. 1625-1630 – 1687) was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

painter. Wijckersloot was born in

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and little is known of his early years, though he probably learned to paint at the newly opened drawing academy there. He worked his way up in the

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, becoming headman in 1658. He is known for portraits and allegories. His most famous painting is possibly his 1672 allegory of the ''

Rampjaar In Dutch history, the year 1672 is referred to as the nl, Rampjaar, label=none (Disaster Year). In May 1672, following the outbreak of the Franco-Dutch War and its peripheral conflict the Third Anglo-Dutch War, France, supported by Münster an ...

'', in which he painted a representation of the Garden of Holland with a sleeping lion. The motief of the lion in the Garden of Holland became a common symbol in heraldry, asleep or standing victorious with a phrygian cap. Wijckersloot moved to

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in 1684 where he later died. File:Johannes van Wijckersloot - Allegorie op de Franse invasie van 1672.jpg, ''Rampjaar''painting record
in the

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File:Hollandse duit. 1753. front.jpg, Dutch coin, 1753

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1620s births 1687 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Painters from Utrecht (city) {{Netherlands-painter-stub