Jacobus Sibrandi Mancadan (c. 1602 in
Minnertsga
Minnertsga ( fry, Minnertsgea) is a village in Waadhoeke municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,750 in January 2017. Before 2018, the village was part of het Bildt municipality.
History
The v ...
– 4 October 1680 in
Tjerkgaast)
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Dutch Golden Age painter
Dutch Golden Age painting is the painting of the Dutch Golden Age, a period in Dutch history roughly spanning the 17th century, during and after the later part of the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) for Dutch independence.
The new Dutch Republ ...
mostly known for his
pastoral
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landscapes
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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
Friesland
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region.
The Italianate landscapes seem to be influenced by the work of
Salvator Rosa
Salvator Rosa (1615 –1673) is best known today as an Italian Baroque painter, whose romanticized landscapes and history paintings, often set in dark and untamed nature, exerted considerable influence from the 17th century into the early 19th ...
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 RKD
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, he lived in Franeker from 1634 to 1644, where he also served as mayor. In 1658, he became involved in peat
Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficient ...
winning in the southeast
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of Friesland and was one of initiators of the canal dug to Bakkeveen. He settled down in Siegerswoude
Siegerswoude ( fry, Sigerswâld) is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in eastern Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 810 in January 2017.
The village was first mentioned in 1315 as Sigerwolde, and means "the woods o ...
. After his wife died, he moved to Beetsterzwaag
Beetsterzwaag ( fry, Beetstersweach) is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands. It had a population of around 3,485 in January 2017. Beetsterzwaag is known for its estates and manor houses.
History ...
, where his daughter lived. He died in Tjerkgaast, where his son, who had a bad reputation, was a minister.
References
External links
Entry
on the Union List of Artist Names
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Jacob Sibrandi Mancadan
on Artnet
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1600s births
1680 deaths
Dutch Golden Age painters
Dutch male painters
People from Het Bildt