Pieter Jansz. van Ruyven

The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are The Hague, Antwerp and Delft. Works named in the authority record are Cock, a Hen and other Poultry. Work by Pieter Jansz. Van Ruyven is recorded in the collections of Amsterdam Museum, Rijksmuseum, Museum De Lakenhal and Museum de Fundatie.

• Name — Pieter Jansz van Ruyven • Born — 1651 • Birthplace — Delft, Dutch Republic • Died — 1719 • Place of death — Delft, Dutch Republic • Field — large decorative pieces for ceilings and walls • Training — Willem Doudijns Hans IV Jordaens • Movement — Dutch Golden Age Baroque • Illustration — Pieter Jansz. van Ruijven: A cock, a chicken and other fowl, between 1670 and 1690. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Pieter van Ruijven

According to Houbraken he was a pupil of Jacob Jordaens who became specialized in large decorative pieces for ceilings, and walls. He made the festive triumphal arches for the joyous entry of William III of England in the Hague. He knew the painter Adriaen Cornelisz van Linschoten as an old man in Delft. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Willem Doudijns and became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in the Hague. Most of his known works are still installed in the buildings for which they were made. Although he is registered in Antwerp and in the Hague when Jacob Jordaens was there, the RKD claims he was also a pupil of Hans IV Jordaens, not Jacques Jordaens.

Possibly by van Ruyven: • Illustration — Entry of the Queen of Sheba in Jerusalem, 1700-1709. • Illustration — Allegory of the continent of Africa, corner piece. • Illustration — America, corner piece. • Illustration — Asia, corner piece. • Illustration — Europe, corner piece.