Pieter Jansz van Asch
| Pieter Jansz van Asch | |
|---|---|
 Pieter Jansz van Asch. Self-portrait with one of his landscapes. | |
| Born |
Pieter Jansz van Asch 1603 Delft |
| Died |
1678 (aged 74–75) Delft |
| Nationality | Netherlands |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Baroque |
Pieter Jansz van Asch (1603 - 6 June 1678 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
He was born at Delft, the son of the portrait painter Jan van Asch and joined the Guild of St. Luke in 1623.[1] According to Arnold Houbraken, he specialized in small landscapes, but his productivity was hampered by caring for his parents.[2] Jan Verkolje knew him and made a mezzotint of him. The city of Delft paid him 100 guilders for a schoorsteenstuk or overmantel piece in the City Hall known as the Prinsenhof.[3]
His works are influenced by the painters Pieter de Bloot, Jan Both, Joachim Govertsz Camphuysen, Anthonie Jansz van der Croos, Jan Josefsz van Goyen, and Jan Gabrielsz Sonjé.[1] He in turn influenced the painter Jacobus Coert.[1] He died and was buried in his home town of Delft.[1]
Legacy
van Asch has paintings in public collections including four in the United Kingdom.[4]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pieter Jansz. van Asch. |
References
- 1 2 3 4 Pieter van Asch in the RKD
- ↑ Pieter Janze van Asch biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen(1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ↑ Overmantel piece in the records of the Prinsenhof
- ↑ Paintings by van Asch at the Art UK site
External links
- Artists' Biography
- Works at WGA
- Vermeer and The Delft School, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Pieter Jansz van Asch