Jan van Bijlert

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Jan van Bijlert (1598–1671)

Jan van Bijlert , actually Jan Harmensz. van Bijlert , also Jan van Bylert , Jan van Bylaert or Giovanni Bilardo , (* around 1598 in Utrecht , † before November 13, 1671 in Utrecht) was a Dutch painter . He was one of the followers of Caravaggio and is referred to as one of the Utrecht Caravaggists .

Life

Jan van Bijlert was a son of the glass painter Herman van Bijlert , with whom he initially apprenticed. After his death he was, according to Sandrart , a student of Abraham Bloemaert from 1616 . After completing his apprenticeship, he went on an extensive study trip that took him first to France and then to Italy . This was followed by a stay of several years in Rome , where he probably stayed until 1624 and can be traced under the name Giovanni Bilardo until 1621 . There he met the Dutch painters Jan Gerritsz Bronchorst , Cornelis van Poelenburgh and Willem Molijn, with whom he founded a Dutch artist community. It is likely that Bijlert already painted a lot during this time, but to this day no works from this period can be assigned with any certainty, which is probably due to the fact that his early style deviates completely from his later works. Judging by his later style - the earliest known paintings date from the mid-1620s - he fell under the spell of Guido Reni and Caravaggio and his successors, of whom Gerrit van Honthorst in particular exerted a great influence on him. In 1624 he returned to Utrecht, where he finally settled and married in 1625. In 1626 he was one of the founders of the Utrecht Painters' Guild, which he repeatedly headed as dean from 1632.

Bijlert was one of the city's most important painters and his works were in great demand. According to Houbraken , he was also in great demand as a master craftsman and trained numerous apprentices, including Bertram de Fouchier , Ludolf de Jongh , Johannes de Veer , Mattheus Wytmans and Abraham Willaerts .

Today Jan van Bijlert is considered one of the leading Utrecht Caravaggists . He mainly painted religious, mythological and genre pictures, but also worked as a portrait painter. Since he was apparently not a landscape painter, many landscape representations on his pictures are likely to have been carried out by specialized painters, such as B. Herman Saftleven d. J. , who is assigned the landscape on Mosi's discovery in Berlin .

Works (selection)

  • Amsterdam, Amstelkring Museum
    • Portrait of a Woman. around 1640-1645
  • Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum
    • Portrait of a Woman.
    • The lute player.
    • Praying woman. (attributed)
    • Man in oriental costume. (attributed)
  • Barnard Castle, Bowes Museum
    • Shepherdess with a large hat.
    • Shepherd.
  • Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
    • The feast of Alexander and Kleitus. 1635
    • Finding Moses. around 1630–1640 (landscape probably by Herman Saftleven the Younger)
    • Fortune teller with young couple. around 1650
  • Braunschweig, Duke Anton Ulrich Museum
    • Love for money. around 1624/25
    • The girl with the lute. around 1630-1635
    • Flatbread and waffle eater. around 1632-1635
    • Maria with the child. around 1635 (possibly workshop repetition)
  • Budapest, Szépmüvészeti Múzeum
    • Old man with pearl ribbon in hand.
  • Cardiff, National Museum of Wales
    • Pilate washes his hands in innocence.
  • Darmstadt, State Museum
    • Portrait of a Little Girl.
    • Portrait of a boy.
    • Portrait of a Man.
  • The Hague, Hague's Gemeentemuseum
    • The concert. around 1635 - 1645
  • Göttingen, art collection of the university
    • Portrait of a distinguished man.
  • Greenville, Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery
    • Saint Mary Magdalene turns to the world of Christ.
  • Hanover, Lower Saxony State Museum
    • The five senses. around 1630
  • Huissen, Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk
    • The Holy Trinity venerated by the Saints Willebrordus and Bonifatius.
  • Kassel, Old Masters Picture Gallery
    • An old matchmaker offers a young woman jewels (allegory of vanitas). around 1635
  • Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum - Fondation Corboud
    • Young man with beret. around 1630-1640
    • Girl with ring. around 1630-1640
  • Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst
    • Young woman with a thumbnail in hand.
  • Leipzig, Museum of Fine Arts
    • The prodigal son with the prostitutes.
  • Linschoten, Huis te Linschoten
    • Group portrait of the family of Johan Strick van Linschoten. 1653
  • London, National Gallery
    • Group portrait of two women and an elderly man in front of a house. around 1660-1670
  • Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts
    • Coupler scene. around 1625-1630
  • Madrid, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
    • Young lute player. around 1625
  • Marseille, Musée des Beaux-Arts
    • Portrait of a Man. around 1640-1650
    • Portrait of a Woman. around 1640-1650
  • Norfolk, The Chrysler Museum of Art
    • Venus punishes Cupid.
  • Pasadena, Norton Simon Museum
    • Man in armor with pike. around 1630
  • Quimper, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
    • Caritas. around 1630
    • The four evangelists.
  • Rohrau Castle, Harrach Gallery
    • The care of St. Sebastian. 1624
  • Sibiu, Brukenthal Museum
    • Mary with the child and the boy John.
    • Old woman with glasses in hand.
  • St. Petersburg, Hermitage
    • The happy company.
  • Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales
    • Young girl with flute. around 1630
  • Tours, Musée des Beaux-Arts
    • Venus and Cupid with an old woman. around 1630
  • Utrecht, Museum Catharijneconvent
    • The calling of Matthew. around 1625-1630
  • Utrecht, Centraal Museum
    • John the Evangelist. around 1625-1630
    • Alms-collecting residents of Utrecht are Jobs Gasthuis. around 1625-1630
    • Venus tries to stop Adonis from hunting. around 1630
    • Portrait of a Man (Steven Jansz. Van Soestdijck?). around 1630
    • A young woman rejects an old, rich man. around 1635-1645
    • The Sutler, around 1640, oil on canvas, 84.5 × 68 cm
    • Emperor Heinrich IV. 1641
    • Coming home from the hunt. around 1640-1650
    • Portrait of a Woman. around 1640-1650
    • Young woman at the toilet. around 1650
    • Portrait of a Man. around 1650-1660
    • Heraclitus and Democritus.
    • Adoration of the Magi.
  • Utrecht, Oud-Katholieke Kerk
    • The calling of Matthew.
  • Warsaw, Muzeum Narodowe
    • Portrait of Johan Strick van Linschoten. 1647
    • Portrait of Beatrix Gibels. 1650
  • Whereabouts unknown
    • Singing man with fiddle. Around 1624-1630 (auctioned on January 30, 1998 at Sotheby's in New York)
    • A young shepherd. around 1625–1630 (1998 at Bernheimer Fine Old Masters in Munich)
    • Young man with jug. around 1625–1630 (auctioned on July 5, 1995 at Sotheby's in London)
    • Young man in fantasy clothes. 1630–1640 (auctioned on April 18, 2000 at Sotheby's in London)
    • Odysseus with Circe. around 1630–1640 (auctioned on January 24, 2002 at Sotheby's in New York)
    • The parable of the rich man and poor Lazarus. 1640–1650 (auctioned on January 31, 1997 at Christie's in New York)
    • The washing of the feet of the apostles. (auctioned on January 26, 2005 at Christie's in New York)
    • Young man with torch. (auctioned on July 12, 2001 at Sotheby's in London)
    • Portrait of Johan van Ravenswaey. (1999 at Jack Kilgore & Co. Inc. in New York)
    • Young man as a shepherd with feather beret. (attributed - auctioned on December 5, 1995 at Phillips, London)
    • The judgment of Paris. (auctioned on April 24, 1995 at Sotheby's in New York)
    • The discovery of Callistus' pregnancy. (auctioned on April 24, 1995 at Sotheby's in New York)
    • Maria with the child. (auctioned on May 15, 1996 at Christie's in New York)
    • Portrait of a Man. around 1635 (auctioned on May 8, 1995 at Christie's in Amsterdam)
    • Juno with a peacock. (auctioned on July 1, 1997 at Phillips Son & Neale in London)
    • Music-making company in a brothel. (attributed - auctioned on December 5, 1998 at Lempertz in Cologne)

gallery

  • The concert

  • Music society

literature

  • GJ Hoogewerff: Jan van Bijlert Schilder van Utrecht (1598–1671) . 1965

Web links

Commons : Jan van Bijlert  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Bußmann , Heinz Schilling : 1648 - War and Peace in Europe. Catalog volume and two text volumes, Münster 1998 [Documentation of the Council of Europe exhibition on the 350th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia in Münster and Osnabrück.] Münster / Osnabrück 1998, ISBN 3-88789-127-9 , p. 128
personal data
SURNAME Bijlert, Jan van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bijlert, Jan Harmensz. van; Bylert, Jan van; Bylaert, Jan van; Bilardo, Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1598
PLACE OF BIRTH Utrecht
DATE OF DEATH before November 13, 1671
Place of death Utrecht