Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst

The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is painting. Works named in the authority record are Distribution of food and Portrait of Nicholaes Oetgens van Waveren (1622-1684). Work by Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst is recorded in the collections of Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, KB, nationale bibliotheek, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Museum and Centraal Museum.

• Name — Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst • Birth Name — Jan Gerritsz • Born — 1603 • Birthplace — Utrecht • Died — 1661 • Place of death — Amsterdam • Field — Painting • Movement — Baroque

According to Arnold Houbraken, van Bronckhorst apprenticed as an eleven-year-old with the glass engraver Verburgh in Utrecht. He worked with him for 6 months and worked with two other Utrecht glassworkers before embarking on a Grand Tour in 1620. He did not get far before he was offered work in Arras by the glassworker Peeter Matthys. After six months, he continued to Paris in 1620, where he worked with the glassworker Chamu. He returned to Utrecht in 1622, where Cornelis Poelenburg taught him to paint. He married Catalijntje van Noort in 1626. He frequented the studio of Gerard van Honthorst. In 1647 he moved to Amsterdam where he created the stained glass windows and the organ doors (almost the only area in a Calvinist church where figurative painting was sometimes allowed) of the Nieuwe Kerk (finished in 1655). He has been described as the last of the great stained glass painters in Holland. Unlike his work for churches, his secular paintings show the influence of Caravaggio, and also show a striking appeal to sensuality. Among his pupils are counted his sons Jan Jansz and Gerrit Jansz, and Cesar van Everdingen. • Illustration — Musical Company at a Balustrade • Illustration — The procuress, 1636–1638, Brukenthal National Museum • Illustration — Young man playing a theorbo, 1642–1645, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

The authorities additionally record the headings Jan Gerritsz. Van Bronchorst, Jan van Bronchorst, Gerritsz. Van Bronckhorst, Jan Gerritsz. Van Bronckhorst and Jan Gerritsz van Bronchorst. His recorded language was Dutch. 2 children are recorded: Johannes Jansz Bronckhorst and Gerrit van Bronckhorst.