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1656 Roermond - 1727 Dusseldorf. Known for: Painting.
The Dutch-German artist, Jan Frans van Douven first completed an apprenticeship under the Dutch still-life painter Christoffel Puytlinck, whose training helped him with special skill in the... Read full biography
The Dutch-German artist, Jan Frans van Douven first completed an apprenticeship under the Dutch still-life painter Christoffel Puytlinck, whose training helped him with special skill in the presentation of materials and finishes. Van Douven became active as the court painter in Germany, Denmark,... Read full biography
The Dutch-German artist, Jan Frans van Douven first completed an apprenticeship under the Dutch still-life painter Christoffel Puytlinck, whose training helped him with special skill in the presentation of materials and finishes. Van Douven became active as the court painter in Germany, Denmark, Italy and France. He was particularly appreciated by the art-loving Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz, called, in the Lower Rhineland dialect, Jan Wellem. Several times Jan Wellem and his second wife... Read full biography
The Dutch-German artist, Jan Frans van Douven first completed an apprenticeship under the Dutch still-life painter Christoffel Puytlinck, whose training helped him with special skill in the presentation of materials and finishes. Van Douven became active as the court painter in Germany, Denmark, Italy and France. He was particularly appreciated by the art-loving Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz, called, in the Lower Rhineland dialect, Jan Wellem. Several times Jan Wellem and his second wife Anna Maria Luisa de 'Medici were represented by van Douven in ruler-portraits and portraits. Van Douven also served as art agent for Jan Wellem: in a handwritten letter from 1693, which is kept in Dusseldorf City Museum, are listed purchases for the... Read full biography
The Dutch-German artist, Jan Frans van Douven first completed an apprenticeship under the Dutch still-life painter Christoffel Puytlinck, whose training helped him with special skill in the presentation of materials and finishes. Van Douven became active as the court painter in Germany, Denmark, Italy and France. He was particularly appreciated by the art-loving Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz, called, in the Lower Rhineland dialect, Jan Wellem. Several times Jan Wellem and his second wife Anna Maria Luisa de 'Medici were represented by van Douven in ruler-portraits and portraits. Van Douven also served as art agent for Jan Wellem: in a handwritten letter from 1693, which is kept in Dusseldorf City Museum, are listed purchases for the royal collection of paintings by contemporary masters of the Dutch, Flemish and Italian schools.
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The Dutch-German artist, Jan Frans van Douven first completed an apprenticeship under the Dutch still-life painter Christoffel Puytlinck, whose training helped him with special skill in the presentation of materials and finishes. Van Douven became active as the court painter in Germany, Denmark, Italy and France.
He was particularly appreciated by the art-loving Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz, called, in the Lower Rhineland dialect, Jan Wellem. Several times Jan Wellem and his second wife Anna Maria Luisa de 'Medici were represented by van Douven in ruler-portraits and portraits. Van Douven also served as art agent for Jan Wellem: in a handwritten letter from 1693, which is kept in Dusseldorf City Museum, are listed purchases for the royal collection of paintings by contemporary masters of the Dutch, Flemish and Italian schools.