Jan Wijnants

Adriaen van de Velde is recorded as having studied under Jan Wijnants. The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Works named in the authority record are Landscape at the Edge of Woods, Road in a Dune Landscape and Landscape with two Hunters. Work by Jan Wijnants is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Nationalmuseum and Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille.

He was born in Haarlem, the son of a Catholic art dealer also named Jan Wijnants. After his mother's death, his father remarried Maria Jans van Stralen, widow of Jasper Jaspersz van Heemskerck, and mother of the painter Egbert Jaspersz van Heemskerck, making Wijnants and Van Heemskerck stepbrothers. Wijnants was active in Haarlem until 1660, after which he moved to Amsterdam. He died in Amsterdam. Wijnants is primarily known for his Italianate landscapes and paintings featuring topography. The painters Nicolaes de Vree and Adriaen van de Velde trained in his studio and his style later had influence on the English artist, Thomas Gainsborough, the German artist Wilhelm von Kobell, and the Dutch artists Anthonie van Borssom and Willem Buytewech.

• Illustration — Landscape with a road • Illustration — Parable of the Good Samaritan • Illustration — Landscape with two hunters • Illustration — Landscape with Cow drinking

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The authorities additionally record the headings Johannes Wijnants, Jan Weijnands, Jan Wijnands, Jan Wynants and Jan Vijands. His recorded language was Dutch. Other recorded relations include Egbert van Heemskerck.

Jan Wijnants is recorded as a citizen of Dutch Republic. Classed in the genre landscape painting. Recorded with the occupation painter.