Jacob Adriaensz. Baker

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Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, self-portrait (1638).
Hearing, around 1635
The company of Captain Cornelis de Graeff and his lieutenant Hendrick Lauwrensz (1642)

Jacob Adriaenszoon Backer (* around 1608 in Harlingen ; † August 27, 1651 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch portrait and history painter of the Baroque era .

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer was born the son of a Harling baker. In 1611 the family moved to Amsterdam. In 1627 Backer went to Leeuwarden to work with the history painter Lambert Jacobsz. to learn. In 1633 he went to Amsterdam with Govert Flinck , another student of Jacobson. Flinck entered Rembrandt's studio . It is not certain whether Backer followed suit. In any case, he painted a series of portraits for the Amsterdam orphanage that same year . From then on, Backer became a specialist in portraits and was very popular for his work in Amsterdam. He also painted religious and mythological pictures, especially in his later years. His best-known picture is the portrait of a boy in gray (1632).

literature

  • Wilhelm Schmidt :  Backer, Jakob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 757.
  • Kurt Bauch : Jakob Adriaensz Backer: A Rembrandt student from Friesland (= Grotesche Collection of Monographs on Art History , Volume 5). G. Grote, Berlin 1923, DNB 578812517 (dissertation University of Freiburg im Breisgau 1923, 78 pages).
  • Peter van den Brink, Jaap van der Veen, Heinrich Becker: Jacob Backer (1608 - 1651) , [on the occasion of the exhibition The Great Virtuoso. Jacob Backer (1608/09 - 1651), which will be shown from March 12 to June 7, 2009 in the Suermondt Ludwig Museum in Aachen; From November 29, 2008 to February 22, 2009 the exhibition udT Jacob Backer (1608/9 - 1651), Rembrandts Tegenpool, was on view in the Museum Het Rembrandthuis in Amsterdam], translated from the Dutch by Susanne Karau and Marlene Müller-Haas. Design by Marjo Starink. Waanders, Zwolle 2009 ISBN 978-90-400-8566-6 / ISBN 978-90-400-8565-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Backer, Jacob Adriaensz.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Backer, Jacob Adriaenszoon; Adriaensz Backer, Jacobo; Adriaensz Bacquer, Jacobo; Bakker, Jacob Adriaensz .; Bakker, Jakob Adriaensz.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch portrait and history painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1608
PLACE OF BIRTH Harlingen
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1651
Place of death Amsterdam