Jan van Call
Jan van Call (1655–1703) was an artist born, according to Descamps, at Nijmegen in 1655. He is said to have attained considerable proficiency in painting without the help of an instructor. His first attempts were made in copying the landscapes of Jan Brueghel, Paulus Bril, and Willem van Nieulant, and he studied attentively the principles of perspective and architecture.
Also recorded as Jan van, der Ältere Call · Jan I van Calius · Jan van, I Call · Jan van, the elder Call
Jan van Call
Jan van Call · Rijksmuseum · Public domain
- Born
- 1655 · Nijmegen.
- Died
- 1703 · The Hague.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- printmaker · watercolorist · miniature painter
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Jan van Call (1655–1703) was an artist born, according to Descamps, at Nijmegen in 1655. He is said to have attained considerable proficiency in painting without the help of an instructor. His first attempts were made in copying the landscapes of Jan Brueghel, Paulus Bril, and Willem van Nieulant, and he studied attentively the principles of perspective and architecture.
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He afterwards travelled through Switzerland to Italy, and, during a residence of some years at Rome, formed an ample collection of designs from the most picturesque views in the environs of that capital. He returned through Germany to his native country, and established himself at the Hague, where he died in 1703. His drawings are more esteemed than his pictures; they are purchased at considerable prices in the Netherlands, where they are found in the choicest collections. It is believed that he occasionally worked in conjunction with Bakhuisen. A series of views from his drawings, chiefly representing scenes on the Rhine, have been published by Schenk. He was also clever as an engraver, his plates being principally landscapes from his own designs.
Work by Jan van Call is recorded in the collections of CODA Museum, KB, nationale bibliotheek, Museum Het Valkhof, National Museum Paleis het Loo and Royal Collections of the Netherlands.
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1655
Jan van Call born at Nijmegen.
1703
Jan van Call died at The Hague.
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- 1.Fiche de Jan van Call. rkd.nl.
- 2.Harvsp Descamps 1760 p=317 .
- 3.Les estampes en couleurs de Johannes Teyler. INHA.
- 4.Fiche de Johannes Teyler. bnf.fr.
- 5.Johannes Teller dans Het Biografisch Woordenboek Gelderland.
- 6.Harvsp Descamps 1760 p=318 .
- 7.Viervoudig schouwspel van wonderen. kb.nl.
- 8.Harvsp Aa 1858 .
- 9.Fiche de Jan van Call le Jeune. rkd.nl.
- 10.« Call, Jan van, 'the younger' », dans .
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- Jean-Baptiste. Descamps. Jean-Baptiste Descamps. Jean van Call. La Vie des Peintres Flamands, Allemands et Hollandois, avec des portraits gravés en Taille-douce, une indication de leurs principaux Ouvrages, & des réflexions sur leurs différentes manieres. La Vie des Peintres Flamands, Allemands et Hollandois. Paris. Desaint & Saillant. 1760. 317-318.
- Michael. Bryan. Michael Bryan. Robert Edmund. Graves. oui. Call, Jan van. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. I (A–K). Londres. George Bell & Sons. 1886. 214. La notice du Bryan's est entièrement sourcée d'après Descamps.
- Thieme-Becker, vol. 5 (1911), p. 400.
- Horst Gerson, Ausbreitung und Nachwirkung der holländischen Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, Amsterdam : B.M. Israel , 1983, p. 167, 206, 356, 518 .
- Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Munich : Saur , vol. 15 (1997), p. 589.
- The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish 1993-, vol. « Johannes Teyler and Dutch colour prints » (2017), part. 1, p. xii.
- Johan van Gool, De nieuwe schouburg der Nederlantsche kunstschilders en schilderessen, vol. 1, éd. par l'auteur, 1750, 1056 p., p. 117 (lire en ligne).
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