Gallery of the Masters 
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
