Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1632-1675 Related Paintings of VERMEER VAN DELFT, Jan :. | A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman (detail) ar | The Art of Painting (detail) est | The Artist-s Studio | Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid ar | The Little Street (detail) ewt | Related Artists:
Jeanne-Philiberte Ledouxpainted Portrait of a lady, said to be the Duchesse de Choiseul in 18th century
Bernardo Lopez1801-1874
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Bernardo Lopez Gallery
BRAY, Jan deDutch Baroque Era Painter, ca.1627-1697
Painter, draughtsman and etcher, son of Salomon de Bray. He spent virtually the whole of his career in Haarlem, except for the period 1686-8, when he lived in Amsterdam. After training with his father, Jan began working as a portrait painter in Haarlem in 1650, an activity he continued for the next 40 years. Between 1667 and 1684 he served on the committee for the Haarlem Guild of St Luke, whose leading members he portrayed in a picture dated 1675 (Amsterdam, Rijksmus.) that includes a self-portrait (Jan is seen standing and drawing on the left). He married three times, in 1668, 1670 and 1672. His first two wives died a year after their marriage, his third two years afterwards, and in each case the death was followed by disputes over the inheritance. Jan's bankruptcy of 1689 may have been a result of one of the lawsuits.
