Jan van der Lijs

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Jan van der Lijs (1600 in Breda – 1657 in Rotterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.

Biography[edit]

According to Houbraken he was the best pupil of Cornelis van Poelenburch, whose works were often confused with those of his master.[1]

According to the RKD he is known as a pupil of Cornelis van Poelenburch whose only known work today is a drawing in the manner of Jan Both in the collection of the Noordbrabants Museum.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ (in Dutch) Joan vander Lis in Kornelis Poelenburg Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. ^ Jan van der Lijs in the RKD