Jacques Waben
Jacques Waben (c. 1590, Alkmaar – c. 1634, Hoorn), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.
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Jacques Waben
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- Name
- Jacques Waben
- Born
- 1590
- Birthplace
- Alkmaar
- Died
- 1634
- Place of death
- Hoorn
- Known for
- Portrait painting history painting
- Movement
- Dutch Golden Age
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- Dutch
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Hoorn. Works named in the authority record are Portrait of Grietje Adriaensdr Grootes (1588-1624). Work by Jacques Waben is recorded in the collections of Westfries Museum, Rijksmuseum, Hermitage Museum, Geldersch Landschap en Kasteelen and Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar.
Jacques Waben, Galerie de portraits et autres tableaux anciens (1900) (14582414118)
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Jacques Waben • Born — 1590 • Birthplace — Alkmaar • Died — 1634 • Place of death — Hoorn • Known for — Portrait painting history painting • Movement — Dutch Golden Age • Illustration — Grietje Adriaensdr Grootes (1588-1623), 1622
Biography
Biography
According to Houbraken he was a good portrait and history painter, who painted both small and large pieces. Houbraken admired the history of Joseph in 4 panels that hung in the Proveniers Hof in Hoorn when he was writing. He also saw a history of Jephthah dated 1602, at the Hoorn home of the painter Johannes Bronkhorst. According to the RKD many of his paintings survive in local private collections and the Westfries Museum.
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