Jan Mytens

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Jan Mytens (first name also: Johan or Johannes ; last name also: Mijtens ) (* around 1614 in The Hague ; † December 1670 there ) was a Dutch painter of the golden age . As a court painter, he mainly created portraits , genre pictures and history pictures .

Jan Mytens: Matthijs Pompe van Slingelandt and his family , 1655 ( Swedish National Museum , Stockholm)

biography

Jan Mytens was born around 1614 in The Hague as the son of a saddler . He was probably trained as a painter by his two uncles Isaac Mytens and Daniel Mytens .

In 1642 he became a member of the Saint Luke Guild , of which he became director 15 years later. Mytens was a sought-after portraitist in The Hague all his life. He received orders from the nobility and high officials. Around 1660 he founded the painters' association De Pictura ("From Painting"), which from then on helped shape his career; he also had numerous students.

He died in The Hague in December 1670 and was buried on Christmas Eve.

His students included Nicolaes Lissant, Gerard De Nijst, Adriaen Stalpert van der Wiele, Pouwels Van de Velde, Andries Thijsz, De Wit and Urbanus Talibert van Yperen.

The family of Willem Van den Kerckhoven (1607-1686) and Reijmerick De Jonge , 1652-1655 (The Hague Historical Museum)

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Mytens created life-size, knee-length and half-length portraits, and he painted portraits of individuals as well as family portraits. Stylistically he is influenced by the art of Anthony van Dyck . He was happy to depict his figures in the poetic context of a natural, often wooded landscape; their carefully depicted festive clothing and jewelry attest to their high rank.

The group portrait of the family of Willem Van den Kerckhoven (a councilor at the Dutch court) and the Reijmerick De Jonge was created by Mytens in 1652. At this time the youngest son Pellegrom was not yet born; it wasn't added until 1655 as it is supported on his father's knee. The five angels are children of the couple who died prematurely.

bibliography

  • Alexandra Nina Bauer: Jan Mijtens (1613 / 14–1670) , Petersberg, Michael Imhof Verlag, 2006.
  • E. Buijsen et al .: Haagse Schilders in de Gouden Eeuw , Den Haag, 1998, pp. 206-211 and 330.

See also

Web links

Commons : Johannes Mijtens  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD).
  2. Getty
  3. E. Buijsen (1998), p. 208. - Cité par le RKD.
  4. RKD.
  5. a b c d Getty.
  6. ^ Lunettes rouges (2007).