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Jacobus Sibrandi Mancadan (c. 1602 in
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– 4 October 1680 in Tjerkgaast) (subscription only) was a
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mostly known for his
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Biography

Mancadan is considered one of the most important Frisian landscape painters of the Dutch Golden Age. His landscapes were either idealized in the Italian manner or more naturalistic and depicting recognizable features of his native
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region. The Italianate landscapes seem to be influenced by the work of
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but also by Haarlem painters, such as
Jan van Goyen Jan Josephszoon van Goyen (; 13 January 1596 – 27 April 1656) was a Dutch landscape painter. The scope of his landscape subjects was very broad as he painted forest landscapesm marines, river landscapes, beach scenes, winter landscape, cityscap ...
and
Salomon van Ruysdael Salomon van Ruysdael (c. 1602, Naarden – buried 3 November 1670, Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. He was the uncle of Jacob van Ruisdael.
. Mancadan also served as a government official and apparently did not begin painting until midway through his life. According to the
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, he lived in Franeker from 1634 to 1644, where he also served as mayor. In 1658, he became involved in
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winning in the
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of Friesland and was one of initiators of the canal dug to Bakkeveen. He settled down in
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. After his wife died, he moved to
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, where his daughter lived. He died in Tjerkgaast, where his son, who had a bad reputation, was a minister.


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on the
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Jacob Sibrandi Mancadan
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