Jan Wandelaar

Folkema, Gilliam van der Gouwen and Gerard de Lairesse is recorded. Pierre Lyonnet and Abraham Delfos are recorded as having studied under Jan Wandelaar. The recorded working language is Dutch. Employment is recorded with Stadstekenacademie. Work by Jan Wandelaar is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery, Nationalmuseum, Leiden University Library, Groeningemuseum and Museum Catharijneconvent.

Wandelaar was born in Amsterdam. He trained under Jacob Folkema, Gilliam van der Gouwen, and Gerard de Lairesse, and made a name in anatomical art after drawing for Frederik Ruysch. He taught Pieter Lyonet and Abraham Delfos. He was due to work for Arend Cant who died before work could begin. According to Johan van Gool he engraved paintings by Huchtenburg. He illustrated and engraved the images for Bernhard Siegfried Albinus's Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani. The second London edition of 1749 featured a human skeleton image now with added illustrations of the rhinoceros Clara in the background. Wandelaar died in Leiden in 1759. • Illustration — Jan Wandelaar: Human hand muscles. Drawing for Albinus, Tabulae, 1747. Leiden University Library. • Illustration — Jan Wandelaar: A human skeleton. Drawing for Albinus, Tabulae, 1747. Leiden University Library. • Illustration — Jan Wandelaar: A human skeleton with rhinoceros Clara