Jan Ekels the Younger
Illustration — A Writer Trimming his Pen, 1784, now in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Jan Ekels the Younger (1759–1793) was a Dutch painter and draftsman of genre pieces and an imitator of the old masters, especially of J. Molenaer, Gerard Ter Borch and Gabriel Metsu. Jan Hermannus was born in Amsterdam and baptized in a hidden or clandestine church in Kalverstraat. He was trained by his father Jan Ekels the Elder living at Herengracht.
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Jan Ekels the Younger
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- Born
- 1759 · Amsterdam.
- Died
- 1793 · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
- Fields
- genre
- Education
- Stadstekenacademie
- Known for
- A Writer Trimming his Pen · Portrait of Egbert van Drielst and Painter · A Man Writing at his Desk
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — A Writer Trimming his Pen, 1784, now in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Jan Ekels the Younger (1759–1793) was a Dutch painter and draftsman of genre pieces and an imitator of the old masters, especially of J. Molenaer, Gerard Ter Borch and Gabriel Metsu. Jan Hermannus was born in Amsterdam and baptized in a hidden or clandestine church in Kalverstraat. He was trained by his father Jan Ekels the Elder living at Herengracht.
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From 1776 to 1778 he studied in Paris, where he was introduced to French neoclassicism and Jean Siméon Chardin. In 1781 he won the first prize of the drawing academy and as a gift he received a medal and a book on painting and drawing by Gerard de Lairesse. In 1783 he and two friends travelled along the Rhine and stayed in Düsseldorf. In the same year he was admitted to the Felix Meritis. He never married and lived at Nieuwe Doelenstraat in an expensive hotel after his mother died; Jan was her only heir. He was buried nearby at Nieuwezijds Kapel. His drawings contains several male nudes. Two pictures by him, one representing A young Man drawing, and the other A Peasant lighting a Pipe, are in the Städel Gallery at Frankfurt.
Jan Ekels the Younger studied at Stadstekenacademie. The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are genre. Works named in the authority record are A Writer Trimming his Pen, Portrait of Egbert van Drielst, Painter and A Man Writing at his Desk. Work by Jan Ekels the Younger is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Amsterdam Museum, Städel Museum, Rijksmuseum and Museum De Lakenhal.
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Conversation Piece (The Sense of Smell), probably 1791, by Jan Ekels the Younger
Jan Ekels the Younger · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram L. Podell, 1981
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1759
Jan Ekels the Younger born at Amsterdam.
1784
A Writer Trimming his Pen (Rijksmuseum).
1784
A Man Writing at his Desk (Rijksmuseum).
1785
Boy playing the violin is dated 1785.
1791
Wine Tasters (Museum De Lakenhal).
1793
Jan Ekels the Younger died at Amsterdam.
1793
Portrait of Egbert van Drielst, Painter (Rijksmuseum).
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Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 3: A Writer Trimming his Pen, Portrait of Egbert van Drielst, Painter and A Man Writing at his Desk. His recorded genre is genre. Naming and authority record. Those registers additionally record the form Jan Ekels the Younger, Dutch painter (1759-1793). Connected to 3 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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