Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff
Illustration — Seascape with lighthouse of Genoa. Blanckerhoff or Jan Maat, (10 January 1628, Alkmaar – buried 2 October 1669, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age marine painter.
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Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff
Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff · Public domain
- Born
- 1628 · Alkmaar.
- Died
- 1669 · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter
- Known for
- The battle of the Zuider Zee and 1573
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Seascape with lighthouse of Genoa. Blanckerhoff or Jan Maat, (10 January 1628, Alkmaar – buried 2 October 1669, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age marine painter.
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The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Alkmaar, The Hague and Rome. Works named in the authority record are The battle of the Zuider Zee, 1573. Work by Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff is recorded in the collections of Maritime Museum, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Rijksmuseum, Statens Museum for Kunst and Yale Center for British Art.
He was taught by the Alkmaar painter Arent Teerling, and later by Pieter Scheyenburg and still later again by Cesar van Everdingen, who encouraged him to travel. He became a member of the Bentvueghels in Rome and was given the bent name Jan Maat. He started on landscapes but switched to seascapes. According to Houbraken, his most popular pieces were of Italian ports with strange boats moored here. He had a student, Arnout Smit, in Amsterdam, who followed his style.
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1628
Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff born at Alkmaar.
1669
Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff died at Amsterdam.
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