Jan de Baen

Infobox Artist
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name = Jan de Baen

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caption = Self portrait of Jan de Baen with his wife
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birthdate = 20 February 1633
location = Haarlem, Dutch Republic
deathdate = Death year and age|1702|1633
deathplace = The Hague, Dutch Republic
nationality = Dutch
field = Painting
training = Jacob Adriaensz Backer
movement = Dutch Golden Age painting
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patrons = Charles II of England
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Jan de Baen (20 February 1633 – 1702) was a Dutch portrait painter who lived during the Dutch Golden Age. He was a pupil of the painter Jacob Adriaensz Backer in Amsterdam from 1645 to 1648. He worked for Charles II of England in his Dutch exile, and from 1660 until his death he lived and worked in The Hague. His portraits were popular in his day, and he painted the most distinguished people of his time.

Biography

Jan de Baen was born on 20 February 1633 in Haarlem, Holland, Dutch Republic.nl icon cite web
title = Baen, Jan de
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accessdate = 2008-08-08 ] After his parents died, when he was a child, he lived with his uncle Hinderk Pyman (or Piemans) in Emden. Jan de Baen received his first painting lessons from his uncle, who was a painter himself.nl icon cite web
title = Baen, Jan de
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accessdate = 2008-08-11 ] From 1645 to 1648 he lived in Amsterdam, where he was the pupil of painter Jacob Adriaensz Backer.

After completing his training, he worked for the exiled court of Charles II of England,de icon cite web
title = Bados - Baeyer.
work = Meyers Konversations-Lexikon
publisher = Bibliographisches Institut
date = 1885–1892
url = http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/seite.html?id=101493
accessdate = 2008-08-11 ] but upon the English Restoration of 1660 did not follow his patron, but moved to The Hague, where he worked as a portrait painter for the rest of his life. The Elector of Brandenburg asked him to work at his court in Berlin, but he refused this invitation. He was the teacher of Jacobus de Baen (possibly his son), Johann Friedrich Bodecker, Denys Godijn, Hendrik van Limborch, Nicolaes van Ravesteyn, Petro van Rijs, Jan van Sweel, and Johannes Vollevens.

He died in 1702 around his 69th birthday, and was buried in The Hague on 8 March 1702.

Works

His portraits were popular in his own day, and he painted the most distinguished people of his time. He portrayed Cornelis de Witt, Johan de Witt, the Grandduke of Tuscany, and King-stadtholder William III of England. Besides portraits, he also painted cityscapes, history paintings, and genre paintings.

The German "Meyers Konversations-Lexikon" (1885–1892) states that his large reputation during his life was not justified by his "characterless, rigid, and unattractively coloured images".

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NAME = Baen, Jan de
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH = 20 February 1633
PLACE OF BIRTH = Haarlem, Holland, Dutch Republic
DATE OF DEATH = Early 1702
PLACE OF DEATH = The Hague, Holland, Dutch Republic