Jan van Almeloveen
Illustration — Landscape with River and Town on the high ground, from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco • Illustration — Landscape with Harvesters, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Jan van Almeloveen (1656 – 1684) was a Dutch painter, engraver, and draughtsman of the 17th century, principally known for some neatly executed etchings of landscapes. He was born in Mijdrecht, according to an inscription on his 1678 mezzotint portrait of his father, Johannes ab Almeloveen, a preacher in that city. He made 38 prints in total, all of which are etchings, mostly landscapes, including Dutch villages and rivers.
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Jan van Almeloveen

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- Born
- 1656. · Mijdrecht.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic.
- Occupation
- Jan van Almeloveen is recorded with the occupation draftsperson.
- Teachers
- Herman Saftleven.
- Languages
- Dutch.
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Illustration — Landscape with River and Town on the high ground, from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco • Illustration — Landscape with Harvesters, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Jan van Almeloveen (1656 – 1684) was a Dutch painter, engraver, and draughtsman of the 17th century, principally known for some neatly executed etchings of landscapes. He was born in Mijdrecht, according to an inscription on his 1678 mezzotint portrait of his father, Johannes ab Almeloveen, a preacher in that city. He made 38 prints in total, all of which are etchings, mostly landscapes, including Dutch villages and rivers.
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Twenty of his landscape prints are based on the work of Dutch painter Herman Saftleven, with twelve depicting Dutch villages, and a series of four diamond-shaped prints of the Four Seasons. The other prints were created from his own designs and are less lively in composition. He died sometime after 1683, the year written on his last known print. His Landscape with Harvesters illustrates the mid-17th-century shift in Dutch landscape art from a fascination with agricultural work that was prevalent in the 16th century, to a recreational interest in the scenery and the pleasures of country life.
Training under Herman Saftleven is recorded. The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Utrecht and Germany. Work by Jan van Almeloveen is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art and Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Jan van Almeloveen is recorded with the occupation draftsperson. Recorded as draftsperson, painter, engraver, etcher and mezzotinter. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Jan van Almeloven and Jan Van Almeloveen. His recorded language was Dutch. His recorded confession was Reformed Christianity. He was the child of Maria Jansonius.
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1656
Jan van Almeloveen born at Mijdrecht.
1684
Jan van Almeloveen died at Utrecht.
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Mijdrecht.
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- 1.Cita web https://www.artnet.com/library/00/0019/T001980.asp The grove Dictionary of Art
- 2.Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden.
- 3.The picture collector's manual: being a dictionary of painters.
- 4.Notices of engravers and their works.
- 5.Nieuwenhuis' woordenboek van kunsten en wetenschappen.
- 6.Le quattro stagioni -Artnet.
- 7.Le quattro stagioni 2 - Artnet.
- 8.Veduta del Reno -Artnet.
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