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Jan Jansz Wijnants (alternatively Wynants) (1632 – buried 23 January 1684) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
in the
File:Jan Wijnants - Landschap met vee op een landweg.jpg, Landscape with a road
File:Jan Wijnants - Parable of the Good Samaritan.jpg, Parable of the Good Samaritan
File:Jan Wijnants - Landschap met twee jagers.jpg, Landscape with two hunters
File:Wijnants, Jan - Landscape with Cow drinking - Google Art Project.jpg, Landscape with Cow drinking
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Jan Jansz Wijnants (alternatively Wynants) (1632 – buried 23 January 1684) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
He was born in Haarlem, the son of a Catholic art dealer also named Jan Wijnants.Jan Wijnantsin the
RKD
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After his mother's death, his father remarried Maria Jans van Stralen, widow of Jasper Jaspersz van Heemskerck, and mother of the painter Egbert Jaspersz van Heemskerck, making Wijnants and Van Heemskerck stepbrothers. Wijnants was active in Haarlem until 1660, after which he moved to Amsterdam. He died in Amsterdam
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Wijnants is primarily known for his Italianate landscapes and paintings featuring topography. The painters Nicolaes de Vree and Adriaen van de Velde trained in his studio and his style later had influence on the English artist, Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough (14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he is considered one of the most important British artists of ...
, the German artist Wilhelm von Kobell, and the Dutch artists Anthonie van Borssom
Anthonie van Borssom (January 2, 1631 in Amsterdam – March 19, 1677 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
Biography
According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD), he was an Italianate landscape painter who ...
and Willem Buytewech.
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