Jacob van Moscher
Jacob van Moscher (* around 1615 probably in Haarlem ; † after 1655 ibid), artist name I. van Moscher , was a Dutch painter .
Life
Van Moscher was a landscape painter about whose origins and life little is known. His rather rare pictures show influences from Jan van Goyen , Pieter de Molyns and Cornelis Vroom . He was a good friend of the painter brothers Adriaen and Isaac van Ostade, who often painted the figural accessories on his pictures.
Works (selection)
- Evening flat landscape with peasants resting ( Berlin , private property)
- Street next to tall trees (attributed to Leipzig , Museum of Fine Arts )
- Road near a farm ( London , Dulwich Picture Gallery )
- Landscape with peasant huts ( Nuremberg , Germanisches Nationalmuseum )
- Dune landscape with farmhouses ( Tübingen , Müller Collection)
- Landscape with a farm on the edge of the dune ( Enschede , Rijksmuseum Twenthe )
Web links
Commons : Jacob van Mosscher - Collection of images, videos and audio files
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moscher, Jacob van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moscher, I. van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1615 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Haarlem |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1655 |
| Place of death | unsure: Haarlem |