Jan Claesz Rietschoof

Jan Claesz Rietschoof
Ships at the mouth of the Scheldt
Born
Jan Claesz

(1652-05-21)21 May 1652
Hoorn
Died3 November 1719(1719-11-03) (aged 67)
Hoorn
NationalityDutch
Known forPainting
MovementBaroque seascapes

Jan Claesz Rietschoof (1652–1719) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of seascapes.

Biography

According to Houbraken he learned painting first from Abraham Liedts, and later from the renowned seascape painter Ludolf Bakhuizen.[1]

Paintings

His paintings today hang in various museums in the Netherlands. He taught his son Hendrik Rietschoof (1678–1747) how to paint; Hendrik's seascape and seaport drawings are online at the Amsterdam archives. In Hoorn he was a contemporary of the flower painter Jacob Rootius, who was the son of the influential schutterstuk painter Jan Albertsz Rotius.

References

  1. ^ (in Dutch) Jan Klaasze Rietschoof biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  • Jan Claesz. Rietschoof in the RKD
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