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Jan Van de Capelle

Jan Van de Capelle (1626 - 1679) was active/lived in Holland.  Jan Capelle is known for Marine, sailing ships on calm water and rural scene painting.

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Jan van de Cappelle (or Joannes / van der / Capelle in various combinations; 25 January 1626 (baptized) – 22 December 1679 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of seascapes and winter landscapes, also notable as an industrialist and art collector. He is "now considered the outstanding marine painter of 17th century Holland." Cappelle also made a small number of etchings; only two signed ones of landscapes are now firmly attributed to him. Fewer than twenty of the nearly 750 of his own drawings in the 1680 inventory have survived identifiably.

He lived all his life in Amsterdam, and as well as working as an artist spent much, or most, of his time helping to manage his father Franchoy's large dyeworks, which specialized in the expensive dye carmine, and which he eventually inherited in 1674.

Presumably because of this dual career, there are fewer than 150 surviving paintings, a relatively small number for the industrious painters of the Dutch Golden Age. His marine pain   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5837 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Jan Van de Capelle

   Jan Van de Capelle  Born:  1626 - Amsterdam, Holland
Died:   1679 - Amsterdam, Holland
Known for:  Marine, sailing ships on calm water and rural scene painting
Name variants:  Johannes Van Der Cappelle

Jan van de Cappelle (or Joannes / van der / Capelle in various combinations; 25 January 1626 (baptized) – 22 December 1679 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of seascapes and winter landscapes, also notable as an industrialist and art collector. He is "now considered the outstanding marine painter of 17th century Holland." Cappelle also made a small number of etchings; only two signed ones of landscapes are now firmly attributed to him. Fewer than twenty of the nearly 750 of his own drawings in the 1680 inventory have survived identifiably.

He lived all his life in Amsterdam, and as well as working as an artist spent much, or most, of his time helping to manage his father Franchoy's large dyeworks, which specialized in the expe  ...  Displaying 750 of 5837 characters.

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