Jacob Weyer
Illustration — An unspecified battle, probably from the Thirty Years' War Jacob Weyer, or Weier (1623–1670), was a 17th-century German painter.
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Jacob Weyer
Jacob Weyer · The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202. · Public domain
- Born
- 1623 · Hamburg.
- Died
- 1670 · Hamburg.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — An unspecified battle, probably from the Thirty Years' War Jacob Weyer, or Weier (1623–1670), was a 17th-century German painter.
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Little is known of his life. He was born in Hamburg in 1623. He was a battle painter influenced by Rembrandt. Weyer died in Hamburg in 1670. A battle work by him is in the collection of the National Gallery, London.
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1623
Jacob Weyer was born in 1623.
1670
Jacob Weyer died on 8 May 1670.
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- Timo Trümper: Der Hamburger Maler und Zeichner Jacob Weyer (1623-1670). Petersberg 2012.
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