Jan Willemsz. van der Wilde

Jan Willemszoon van der Wilde (1586, Leiden 1636, Leeuwarden), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was a good portrait painter and a contemporary of Wybrand de Geest.[1]

According to the RKD he was influenced by Cornelis Jacobsz Delff.[2] He is known both for portraits and still life paintings.[2] In 1617 he married Sytske Joostedr in Leeuwarden, the widow of Simon Fredrix.[3]

References

  1. (in Dutch) J. de Wilde mentioned in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. Jan Willemsz. van der Wilde in the RKD
  3. Van der Aa, part 20, page 199
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