Jan Weenix
(1642–1719) nederländsk konstnär
Jan Weenix (1642–1719) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jan Weenix belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Jan Weenix was born in Amsterdam and died in Amsterdam. Jan Weenix studied under Jan Baptist Weenix.
The best-known works include ‘Hunting Still Life’, ‘Still Life with Dead Game and Fruit beside a Garden Vase, with a Monkey, a Dog and Two Pigeons; in the Background Rijksdorp near Wassenaar, the Estate of Jonkheer Jacob Emmery, Baron of Wassenaar’, and ‘A monkey and a dog beside dead game and fruit’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait and still life. The catalogue has 108 works by Jan Weenix with free images. The dated works span the years 1650–1719. Works by Jan Weenix are held by several collections, among them Wallace Collection, Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz collection, Rijksmuseum, and Mauritshuis.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jacob Toorenvliet, Gerard de Lairesse, Claudio Coello, Edwaert Collier, and Andrea Pozzo.