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Jan Franse Verzijl

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Regents of the Gouda orphanage with self-portrait upper left (behind his brother-in-law), 1644

Jan Franse Verzijl (1599, Gouda – 1647, Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.

Biography

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Houbraken listed him with the Gouda painters Jan Damesz de Veth, Jan en Pieter Donker as noteworthy artists that he intended to include in his book of biographies.[1] His source was Beschrijving der stad Gouda by Ignatius Walvis.[1]

According to the RKD he was a follower of Caravaggio and is known for works in schuilkerkken.[2] In 1644 he painted the regents of the orphanage of Gouda with a self-portrait of himself standing behind his brother-in-law Hart on the left.[3] After his death his widow founded the Harten hofje in Gouda that was torn down in 1965.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b (in Dutch) Jan Franse Verzijl mentioned in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. ^ Jan Franse Verzijl in the RKD
  3. ^ a b Dutch Wikipedia