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1610 Haarlem, Holland - 1675 Haarlem, Holland. Known for: Religion, mythology and allegorical paintings, drawing.
Jacob Willemsz de Wet I was a Dutch painter and draughtsman. It seems unlikely that he is the same as the Jacobus de Wit who was a member of the Alkmaar Guild of St Luke in 1637 or as the Jan de Wet... Read full biography
Jacob Willemsz de Wet I was a Dutch painter and draughtsman. It seems unlikely that he is the same as the Jacobus de Wit who was a member of the Alkmaar Guild of St Luke in 1637 or as the Jan de Wet (b Hamburg, c. 1617) who was a pupil of Rembrandt. Sumowski has disentangled his work from that of... Read full biography
Jacob Willemsz de Wet I was a Dutch painter and draughtsman. It seems unlikely that he is the same as the Jacobus de Wit who was a member of the Alkmaar Guild of St Luke in 1637 or as the Jan de Wet (b Hamburg, c. 1617) who was a pupil of Rembrandt. Sumowski has disentangled his work from that of Gerrit de Wet (d 1674), Daniel Thievaert (1613-57) and of his own son, Jacob de Wet the younger (b Haarlem, c. 1640; d Amsterdam, 11 Nov 1697). De Wet's works are predominantly of biblical and... Read full biography
Jacob Willemsz de Wet I was a Dutch painter and draughtsman. It seems unlikely that he is the same as the Jacobus de Wit who was a member of the Alkmaar Guild of St Luke in 1637 or as the Jan de Wet (b Hamburg, c. 1617) who was a pupil of Rembrandt. Sumowski has disentangled his work from that of Gerrit de Wet (d 1674), Daniel Thievaert (1613-57) and of his own son, Jacob de Wet the younger (b Haarlem, c. 1640; d Amsterdam, 11 Nov 1697). De Wet's works are predominantly of biblical and mythological subjects, and his early painting, the Raising of Lazarus (1633; Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum), is close to the work of Jan Pynas and Pieter Lastman. Another painting of the same subject, executed in 1634, is much closer to Rembrandt's work... Read full biography
Jacob Willemsz de Wet I was a Dutch painter and draughtsman. It seems unlikely that he is the same as the Jacobus de Wit who was a member of the Alkmaar Guild of St Luke in 1637 or as the Jan de Wet (b Hamburg, c. 1617) who was a pupil of Rembrandt. Sumowski has disentangled his work from that of Gerrit de Wet (d 1674), Daniel Thievaert (1613-57) and of his own son, Jacob de Wet the younger (b Haarlem, c. 1640; d Amsterdam, 11 Nov 1697). De Wet's works are predominantly of biblical and mythological subjects, and his early painting, the Raising of Lazarus (1633; Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum), is close to the work of Jan Pynas and Pieter Lastman. Another painting of the same subject, executed in 1634, is much closer to Rembrandt's work of the early 1630s, and the pronounced emoti... Read full biography
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Jacob Willemsz de Wet I was a Dutch painter and draughtsman. It seems unlikely that he is the same as the Jacobus de Wit who was a member of the Alkmaar Guild of St Luke in 1637 or as the Jan de Wet (b Hamburg, c. 1617) who was a pupil of Rembrandt. Sumowski has disentangled his work from that of Gerrit de Wet (d 1674), Daniel Thievaert (1613-57) and of his own son, Jacob de Wet the younger (b Haarlem, c. 1640; d Amsterdam, 11 Nov 1697).
De Wet's works are predominantly of biblical and mythological subjects, and his early painting, the Raising of Lazarus (1633; Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum), is close to the work of Jan Pynas and Piete...But wait, there's more...
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