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Jan Asselyn
c. 1610-1652 Holland/Baroque
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Brief Biography-Jan Asselyn was born in Diepen, Esaias van de Velde, the landscape artist, was his tutor. His friends and Bentvueghels associates called him Crabbetje because of his curved hook-like fingers, but they did not inhibit his abilities to paint exceedingly well. He spent ten years in Italy, where he gained many inspirations, working in and around Rome, and spent time in Florence with Matthieu van Plattenberg. Claude Lorain was one of his main influences; however, Nicolaes Pieterzoon Berchem and Jan Dirksz Both also impressed him greatly. In addition, he was a friend of Rembrandt, who etched an image of him. The painting "The Threatened Swan" in the Rijksmuseum is one of his most renowned works. |
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beggars in front of
a roman limekiln

bellowing ox
breach of the saint
anthonisdijk

catching crayfish

cavalry engagement
cowherd
drovers cattle and
sheep beside ruins

frozen moat outside
city walls

gallopping towards
the gates

horse at the smithy

huntsmen on a
bridge

imaginary italian
landscape

king gustav adolf
two of sweden

lion hunting
peasants and animals
fording a river

peasants by a river
bank

ponte molle rome
reconstruction of the
muiderdeiches

resting riders

river landscape with
herders on a path

ruin on the water
rustic bridge near
tivoli

shepherd before
classical ruins

the artist by frans
hals

the battle
of lutzen

the
threatened swan

tiber river with the
ponte molle at sunset

traveling herdsmen

winter landscape