Jan van Aken

Jan van Aken (1614, Amsterdam – buried 25 March 1661, Amsterdam [http://www.rkd.nl/rkddb/dispatcher.aspx?action=search&database=ChoiceArtists&search=priref=774] ) was a Dutch painter and engraver.

Van Aken has been frequently confused with the celebrated German painter Johann van Achen of Cologne. However, it is certain that there was a Dutch artist of this name. Not much is known of his paintings but Bartsch enumerates twenty-one of his etchings, which are touched in the manner of Saftleven. They are very slight but display great mastery. Heineken describes an etching by him from his own design, which he says is very scarce. He terms it the Travellers On Horseback. It is marked "J.V Aken, inv. et fec.". Among those metioned are six horses after Laer or Bamboccio and six views of the Rhine after Saftleven.

See also

*Hieronymus Bosch

References

*This article includes text taken from "The Biographical Dictionary of Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge" published by Longman, Brown, Green and Longman, 1842 pg 585

External links

* [http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/search.aspx?advanced=colProProductionMakers%3a%22van+Aken%2c+Jan%22 Works by Jan van Aken at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]
* [http://search.famsf.org:8080/search.shtml?keywords=Jan%20Van%20Aken Works by Jan Van Aken at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco]

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