Jacob Jansz van Velsen
Dutch Golden Age painter
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| Intro | Dutch Golden Age painter | |
| A.K.A. | Jacob van Velsen Jacob Jansz. Van Velsen Jacob Jansz. van Velsen | |
| A.K.A. | Jacob van Velsen Jacob Jansz. Van Velsen Jacob Jansz. van Velsen | |
| Places | Netherlands | |
| is | Painter | |
| Work field | Arts | |
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| Birth | Delft | |
| Death | 16 September 1656Amsterdam |
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Jacob Jansz. van Velsen (1597, Delft – 1656, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
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The Fortune Teller, 1631, Louvre
According to the RKD Jacob influenced Willem Cornelisz Duyster and is known for genre works and military pieces, most notably conversation pieces in the manner of Pieter Codde and Dirck Hals. One of his paintings was engraved by Pierre Aveline in 1755.
Exhibition catalogue
- Vermeer and The Delft School, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Jacob Jansz van Velsen