Jacobus Buys
Illustration — Portrait of Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch art collector, 1766, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Jacobus Buys (19 November 1724 – 7 April 1801) was a Dutch painter and engraver. • Illustration — Portrait of industrialist Jan Modderman and his wife, 1777 Buys was born in Amsterdam the son of a wig-maker. He studied under Cornelis Pronk, Jacob de Wit, and Cornelis Troost, and ultimately became director of the Amsterdam Drawing Academy. He painted portraits, designed bas-reliefs, tapestry, and book-illustrations, and made copies of the works of the best masters of the seventeenth century.
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Jacobus Buys
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- Born
- 1724 · Amsterdam.
- Died
- 1801 · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker · copper engraver · draftsperson
- Fields
- portrait
- Known for
- Scene from the Play Lubbert Lubbertse of de geadelde boer by M. van Breda · Portrait of Cornelis Ploos van Amstel
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Illustration — Portrait of Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch art collector, 1766, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Jacobus Buys (19 November 1724 – 7 April 1801) was a Dutch painter and engraver. • Illustration — Portrait of industrialist Jan Modderman and his wife, 1777 Buys was born in Amsterdam the son of a wig-maker. He studied under Cornelis Pronk, Jacob de Wit, and Cornelis Troost, and ultimately became director of the Amsterdam Drawing Academy. He painted portraits, designed bas-reliefs, tapestry, and book-illustrations, and made copies of the works of the best masters of the seventeenth century.
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Born at Amsterdam in 1724, died in Amsterdam in 1801.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam, Mijdrecht and Haarlem. Works named in the authority record are Scene from the Play 'Lubbert Lubbertse of de geadelde boer' by M. van Breda and Portrait of Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Work by Jacobus Buys is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Stadsarchief Rotterdam and Centraal Museum.
William of Orange on his sickbed in Rotterdam in August 1574. Line engraving by T. Koning, 1782, after J. Buys., 1782, by Jacobus Buys
Jacobus Buys · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
Gijsbert van Isendoorn. Line engraving by R. Vinkeles, 1795, after J. Buys., by Jacobus Buys
Jacobus Buys · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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