Jan van den Aveelen
1650 - 18 May 1727) was a Dutch etcher and copper engraver. Van den Aveele was born in Leiden, Dutch Republic. Some of his works make use of sequential illustrations, making him an early example of a prototypical comic artist.
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Jan van den Aveelen
Jan van den Aveelen · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Died
- 1727 · Stockholm.
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter · copper engraver · draftsperson
- Languages
- Dutch
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1650 - 18 May 1727) was a Dutch etcher and copper engraver. Van den Aveele was born in Leiden, Dutch Republic. Some of his works make use of sequential illustrations, making him an early example of a prototypical comic artist.
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Born at Amsterdam in 1655, died in Stockholm in 1727.
Johan Hammarsson, Johan Spiegelberg and Carl Thegner are recorded as having studied under Jan van den Aveelen. The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam, Utrecht and Leiden. Work by Jan van den Aveelen is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Nationalmuseum, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Museum Paleis het Loo and Het Scheepvaartmuseum.
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