Jan_Hackaert

Jan Hackaert

Jan Hackaert

Dutch Golden Age painter

Jan Hackaert (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɑn ˈɦɑkaːrt]; 1628–1685) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

Biography

He travelled in Germany and Switzerland, and painted and sketched mostly landscapes.[1] He would sketch miners at work in the mountains, and on more than one occasion this caused him trouble because the workers couldn't understand what he was doing. They felt he was either a spy or hexing them and made a complaint.[2] Because Italianate landscapes were so fashionable, his Lake Zurich was mistaken for an Italian lake for years.

He painted the landscape backgrounds for other painters, such as Nicolas Berchem[3] and Adriaen van de Velde.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Jan Hackaert in RKD
  2. [2]
    (in Dutch) Jan Hakkert biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  3. [3]
    Jan Hackaert at the National Gallery
  4. [4]
    Jan Hackaert at museum Bredius.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jan Hackaert.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Jan_Hackaert, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.