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Jan de Bray was born in [[Haarlem]]. According to Houbraken he was the most famous pupil of his father, the architect and poet [[Salomon de Bray]].<ref name=Houbraken>{{link language|nl|Middle Dutch}} [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_084.htm Salomon de Bray Biography]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by [[Arnold Houbraken]], courtesy of the [[Digital library for Dutch literature]]</ref> Houbraken called Jan the "pearl in Haarlem's crown".<ref name=Houbraken/> Houbraken saw a painting by de Bray of [[David]] and the Return of the [[Ark of the Covenant]] in the collection of [[Arnoud van Halen]] in Amsterdam, dated 1697, that he admired for its realistic flesh tones in the forms of David playing the harp and the [[Levite]]s behind him. Houbraken also mentioned some black and red chalk drawings by him that he saw at the Amsterdam home of Isaak del Court.<ref name=Houbraken/>
Jan de Bray was born in [[Haarlem]]. According to Houbraken he was the most famous pupil of his father, the architect and poet [[Salomon de Bray]].<ref name=Houbraken>{{link language|nl|Middle Dutch}} [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_084.htm Salomon de Bray Biography]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by [[Arnold Houbraken]], courtesy of the [[Digital library for Dutch literature]]</ref> Houbraken called Jan the "pearl in Haarlem's crown".<ref name=Houbraken/> Houbraken saw a painting by de Bray of [[David]] and the Return of the [[Ark of the Covenant]] in the collection of [[Arnoud van Halen]] in Amsterdam, dated 1697, that he admired for its realistic flesh tones in the forms of David playing the harp and the [[Levite]]s behind him. Houbraken also mentioned some black and red chalk drawings by him that he saw at the Amsterdam home of Isaak del Court.<ref name=Houbraken/>


He spent most of his career working in [[Haarlem]], where he was for many years dean of the [[Haarlem Guild of St. Luke]].<ref name=RKD>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/12194 Jan de Bray]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in the [[RKD]]</ref> His brother [[Dirck de Bray]] was a flower painter who later became a monk in the monastery at Gaesdonck near [[Goch]].<ref name=Houbraken/> His brother [[Joseph de Bray|Joseph]] was also a painter.<ref name=RKD/> His mother was Anna Westerbaen, the sister of the painter Jan Westerbaen<ref name=RKD/> and the poet [[Jacob Westerbaen]].
He spent most of his career working in [[Haarlem]], where he was for many years dean of the [[Haarlem Guild of St. Luke]].<ref name=RKD>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211420/https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/12194 Jan de Bray] in the [[RKD]]</ref> His brother [[Dirck de Bray]] was a flower painter who later became a monk in the monastery at Gaesdonck near [[Goch]].<ref name=Houbraken/> His brother [[Joseph de Bray|Joseph]] was also a painter.<ref name=RKD/> His mother was Anna Westerbaen, the sister of the painter Jan Westerbaen<ref name=RKD/> and the poet [[Jacob Westerbaen]].


De Bray survived most of his family during an outbreak of the plague in Haarlem in 1664. He lost his father and two siblings within a month of each other. His wives - Maria van Hees whom he married 21 October 1688,<ref name="books.google.com">[https://books.google.com/books?id=1tc9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA247 "Geschiedkundige aanteekeningen over Haarlemsche Schilders en Andere Beoefenaren van de Beeldende Kunsten" p. 247 ''books.google.com''] 23 September 2011</ref> Margaretha de Meyer whom he married in 1672,<ref>[http://www.russianpaintings.net/artist_museum.vphp?author=639&sort=added "Jan de Bray" ''russianpaintings.net'']{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 23 September 2011</ref> and Victoria Stalpert van der Wielen whom he married 30 January 1678,<ref name="books.google.com"/> each died before him; Victoria shortly after giving birth to their son, Johan Lucas. In 1689 he was declared bankrupt as a Haarlem citizen and moved to Amsterdam, where he died, though he was buried in Haarlem.<ref name=RKD/>
De Bray survived most of his family during an outbreak of the plague in Haarlem in 1664. He lost his father and two siblings within a month of each other. His wives - Maria van Hees whom he married 21 October 1688,<ref name="books.google.com">[https://books.google.com/books?id=1tc9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA247 "Geschiedkundige aanteekeningen over Haarlemsche Schilders en Andere Beoefenaren van de Beeldende Kunsten" p. 247 ''books.google.com''] 23 September 2011</ref> Margaretha de Meyer whom he married in 1672,<ref>[http://www.russianpaintings.net/artist_museum.vphp?author=639&sort=added "Jan de Bray" ''russianpaintings.net'']{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 23 September 2011</ref> and Victoria Stalpert van der Wielen whom he married 30 January 1678,<ref name="books.google.com"/> each died before him; Victoria shortly after giving birth to their son, Johan Lucas. In 1689 he was declared bankrupt as a Haarlem citizen and moved to Amsterdam, where he died, though he was buried in Haarlem.<ref name=RKD/>
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*Murray, P. & L. (1996). ''Dictionary of art and artists'' (p.&nbsp;65). London: Penguin Books. {{ISBN|0-14-051300-0}}. (For details see: [[Talk:Jan de Bray/Sources|Sources]])
*Murray, P. & L. (1996). ''Dictionary of art and artists'' (p.&nbsp;65). London: Penguin Books. {{ISBN|0-14-051300-0}}. (For details see: [[Talk:Jan de Bray/Sources|Sources]])
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060930023038/http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2005/debray/debray_brochure.pdf Jan De Bray and the Classical Tradition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington - 16pp pdf exhibition brochure]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060930023038/http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2005/debray/debray_brochure.pdf Jan De Bray and the Classical Tradition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington - 16pp pdf exhibition brochure]
*[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/12194 Entry for Jan de Bray]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in the [[RKD]], the Netherlands Institute for Art History
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211420/https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/12194 Entry for Jan de Bray] in the [[RKD]], the Netherlands Institute for Art History


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De Bray and his wife as Ulysses and Penelope, 1668

Jan de Bray (c. 1627 – April 4, 1697), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

The Painter's Guild in 1675. Jan de Bray's self-portrait is the second from the left, and his brother Dirck de Bray is standing upper right.
"David and the Ark of the Covenant"

Jan de Bray was born in Haarlem. According to Houbraken he was the most famous pupil of his father, the architect and poet Salomon de Bray.[1] Houbraken called Jan the "pearl in Haarlem's crown".[1] Houbraken saw a painting by de Bray of David and the Return of the Ark of the Covenant in the collection of Arnoud van Halen in Amsterdam, dated 1697, that he admired for its realistic flesh tones in the forms of David playing the harp and the Levites behind him. Houbraken also mentioned some black and red chalk drawings by him that he saw at the Amsterdam home of Isaak del Court.[1]

He spent most of his career working in Haarlem, where he was for many years dean of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke.[2] His brother Dirck de Bray was a flower painter who later became a monk in the monastery at Gaesdonck near Goch.[1] His brother Joseph was also a painter.[2] His mother was Anna Westerbaen, the sister of the painter Jan Westerbaen[2] and the poet Jacob Westerbaen.

De Bray survived most of his family during an outbreak of the plague in Haarlem in 1664. He lost his father and two siblings within a month of each other. His wives - Maria van Hees whom he married 21 October 1688,[3] Margaretha de Meyer whom he married in 1672,[4] and Victoria Stalpert van der Wielen whom he married 30 January 1678,[3] each died before him; Victoria shortly after giving birth to their son, Johan Lucas. In 1689 he was declared bankrupt as a Haarlem citizen and moved to Amsterdam, where he died, though he was buried in Haarlem.[2]

Works

In his family portrait depicting the banquet of Antony and Cleopatra at the moment when Cleopatra puts her earring in the wine, Jan is depicted standing on the left. In the earlier version, the sons look up to the father, and in this version, the brothers (all since deceased except for Dirck) look at Jan.

Jan de Bray was influenced by his father, Bartholomeus van der Helst, and Frans Hals. De Bray's works are mainly portraits, often of groups. He specialised in historical allegories. Among his finest works are two versions of the Banquet of Cleopatra, using his own family, including himself, as models (Royal Collection, 1652, and Currier Museum of Art, New Hampshire, 1669). The second version has great pathos, as most of those depicted had died in the plague of 1663-4.[5]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d Template:Link language Salomon de Bray Biography[permanent dead link] in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. ^ a b c d Jan de Bray in the RKD
  3. ^ a b "Geschiedkundige aanteekeningen over Haarlemsche Schilders en Andere Beoefenaren van de Beeldende Kunsten" p. 247 books.google.com 23 September 2011
  4. ^ "Jan de Bray" russianpaintings.net[permanent dead link] 23 September 2011
  5. ^ Christopher Lloyd, Enchanting the Eye, Dutch Paintings of the Golden Age, pp. 49-52, Royal Collection Publications, 2004, ISBN 1-902163-90-7.

External links

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