Jan van Oolen

Adriaen
Jan van Alen
Dog, Rooster, and Chickens in a Yard, now in the São Paulo Museum of Art
Born	1651
Died	1698

Adriaen, or Jan van Alen (1651–1698) was a painter from the Dutch Republic.

He was born as the son of the animal painter Jacob van Oolen in Amsterdam, with whom his works are sometimes confused. He became an imitator of Melchior Hondekoeter, and his pictures, like those of that master, represent fowls, landscapes, and still-life.

Works

Though inferior to Hondekoeter, he painted those objects with great fidelity. He also imitated other masters of the period with so much success that his copies have often passed for originals. He died in Amsterdam.

References

Attribution:

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Alen, Jan van". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.