Juriaen Pool
Illustration — Self-portrait in allegorical scene for the orphanage. He is shown wearing the traditional orphan clothing with a red jacket and a blue sleeve. • Illustration — Juriaan and his wife Rachel Pool, engraving from Jan van Gool's Nieuwe Schouburg, 1750 Juriaen Pool (bapt. Juriaen Pool was baptised 17 January 1666 – 6 October 1745) was an 18th-century painter from the Dutch Republic best known as the husband of Rachel Ruysch, with whom he had ten children.
Also recorded as Juriaen Pool (II) · Juriaan Pool the Younger · Juriaan Pool · Juriaen, II Pool
Juriaen Pool

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- Died
- 1745 · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
- Languages
- Dutch
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Work by Juriaen Pool is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, The Frick Collection, Amsterdam Museum, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf and National Galleries Scotland.
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The birthplace of Juriaen Pool is recorded as ̔s-Gravenhage by the Getty Union List of Artist Names and as Amsterdam by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Pool was born and died in Amsterdam. According to the RKD he was the son of Jurriaan Pool the elder. He became engaged on 25 July 1693 and on 12 August he married the flower painter Rachel Ruysch in Buiksloot. He became the teacher of the painter Gerhard Jan Palthe.
Documentary record
Juriaen Pool (1665 – 6 October 1745) is described as a conservator, mezzotinter, court painter, draughtsman, portraitist, printmaker and copperplate engraver in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names. The birth of Juriaen Pool is recorded in 1665, and the death on 6 October 1745 in Amsterdam.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Juriaen Pool (II), Juriaan Pool the Younger, Juriaan Pool, Juriaen, II Pool and Juriaen van Pool. His recorded language was Dutch. He was the child of Jurriaen Pool. He married Rachel Ruysch.
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Identity
Juriaen Pool is recorded as painter and draftsperson. Recognition and collections.

Das Künstlerehepaar Juriaen Pool (1665–1745) und Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750) mit Sohn, 1708–1716. Pool hielt in dem Gemälde seine Familie und sich fest. Rachel Ruysch war selbst Künstlerin und für ihre Blumenbilder bekannt. Die Blumen auf diesem Gemälde könnten von ihr stammen. Sie war 1708 Hofmalerin des Kurfürsten Johann Wilhelm und besuchte Düsseldorf zweimal. Stiftung Schloss und Park Benrath; B
Juriaen Pool / Rachel Ruysch · my photo
Life and career
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Life and career
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1665
Juriaen Pool born at Amsterdam.
1745
Juriaen Pool died at Amsterdam.
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