Johannes Mytens
c. 1614-1670 Netherlands-Dutch Golden Age/Baroque
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Brief Biography- Johannes (Jan) Mytens (Mijtens, Meytens) was born in The Hague. Anthony van Opstal and Nicolaas van der Horst were his tutors in Brussels, and in The Hague, Mytens was a portraitist of nobility, which included the Prince of Orange. In 1639, the Guild of Saint Luke admitted him, and he was later a director. Johannes co-founded the Confrerie Pictura, an alternative to the Guild and became one of its two directors. He died in the Hague in 1670. |
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