Pieter Jansz van Asch (1603 – 6 June 1678 (buried)) was a
Dutch Golden Age
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painter.
Biography
He was born at
Delft
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, the son of the portrait painter Jan van Asch and joined the
Guild of St. Luke
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RKD
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According to
Arnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters.
Life
Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...
, he specialized in small landscapes, but his productivity was hampered by caring for his parents.Pieter Janze van Asch biography in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen''(1718) by
Arnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters.
Life
Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...
, courtesy of the
Digital library for Dutch literature
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Jan Verkolje
Jan Verkolje or Johannes Verkolje (9 February 1650 (baptized) – 8 May 1693 (buried)) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and engraver. He is mainly known for his portraits and genre pieces of elegant couples in interiors and, to a lesser extent, ...
knew him and made a
mezzotint
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of him. The city of Delft paid him 100 guilders for a ''schoorsteenstuk'' or overmantel piece in the City Hall known as the
Prinsenhof
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.
His works are influenced by the painters
Pieter de Bloot
Pieter de Bloot (1601 – c. 6 November 1658) was a Dutch painter.
De Bloot, who was born and died in Rotterdam, primarily painted landscapes and genre works
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,
Jan Both
Jan Dirksz Both (between 1610 and 1618 - August 9, 1652) was a Dutch people, Dutch painting, painter, Drawing, draughtsman, and etcher, who made an important contribution to the development of Dutch Italianate landscape painting.
Biography
Bo ...
,
Joachim Govertsz Camphuysen
Joachim Govertsz Camphuysen (1601, Gorinchem – 1659, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
Biography
According to the RKD he was the son of a surgeon and the nephew of the painter Dirk Rafaelsz Camphuysen.
Jan Josefsz van Goyen
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, and
Jan Gabrielsz Sonjé
Jan Gabrielsz. Sonjé (1625, Delft – 1707, Rotterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
Biography
According to the RKD he was a pupil of Adam Pijnacker.Jacobus Coert
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. He died and was buried in his home town of Delft.
Legacy
van Asch has paintings in public collections including four in the United Kingdom.
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