Jordanus Hoorn
Illustration — Portrait of Gerrit Willem van Oosten de Bruyn with his scientific instruments and family, 1774 Jordanus Hoorn (1753–1833) was a painter and drawing teacher from the Netherlands.
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Jordanus Hoorn
Jordanus Hoorn · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection · CC0
- Born
- 1753 · Amersfoort.
- Died
- 1833 · Amersfoort.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
- Known for
- G.W. van Oosten de Bruyn and family
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Illustration — Portrait of Gerrit Willem van Oosten de Bruyn with his scientific instruments and family, 1774 Jordanus Hoorn (1753–1833) was a painter and drawing teacher from the Netherlands.
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Places of work recorded in the authority are Haarlem and Amersfoort. Works named in the authority record are G.W. van Oosten de Bruyn and family. Work by Jordanus Hoorn is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Museum Amersfoort, Frans Hals Museum and Cleveland Museum of Art.
Hoorn was born and died in Amersfoort. According to the RKD he was the son of a cloth merchant who became a pupil of the landscape painter Gerrit Toorenburgh and who worked in Haarlem 1772-1795, including a period as drawing master for the Tekenschool voor Kunstambachten. In 1795 under French rule, he returned to Amersfoort where he was appointed city drawing master. His pupils were Jan van Ravenswaay, Jan Apeldoorn, and Christiaan Wilhelmus Moorrees.
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- 1.Ulla Heise. Hoorn, Jordanus, in: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online / Artists of the World Online. 2009.
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