Jan van Aken
Jan van Aken (1614 – March 1661) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver.
Also recorded as Jean van Aken · paysagiste Van Aken Jean · Giovanni Vannese · J. van-Aken
Jan van Aken
Jan van Aken · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection · CC0
- Born
- 1614 · Kampen.
- Died
- 1661 · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · engraver · artist
- Languages
- Dutch
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Work by Jan van Aken is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Finnish National Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw and Gemäldegalerie Berlin.
Documentary record
Jan van Aken died in March 1661 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Van Aken was born and died in Amsterdam, but has been frequently confused with the celebrated German painter Johann van Achen of Cologne. Not much is known of his paintings but Bartsch enumerates twenty-one of his etchings, which are touched in the manner of Herman Saftleven. They are very slight but display great mastery. Houbraken describes an etching by him from his own design, which he says is very scarce. He terms it the Travellers On Horseback. It is marked "J.V Aken, inv. et fec.". Among those mentioned are six horses after Pieter van Laer or Bamboccio and six views of the Rhine after Saftleven. He was also influenced by Philips Wouwerman.
Documentary record
Jan van Aken lived from 1614 to March 1661 and was an animal artist, engraver, etcher, draughtsman, landscapist, painter and printmaker. Jan van Aken was born in 1614 in Holland.
Identity
Identity
Jan van Aken is recorded as painter, engraver and artist. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Jean van Aken, paysagiste Van Aken Jean, Giovanni Vannese, J. van-Aken and Jean van Acken. His recorded language was Dutch.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1614
Jan van Aken born at Kampen.
1661
Jan van Aken died at Amsterdam.
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Kampen.
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Amsterdam.
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