Jan van Huysum
(1682–1749) Dutch painter and draughtsman (1682–1749)
Jan van Huysum (1682–1749) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jan van Huysum belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Jan van Huysum was born in Amsterdam and died in Amsterdam. Jan van Huysum worked in Amsterdam. The students included Louis Fabricius Dubourg.
The best-known works include ‘Fruit Still Life’, ‘Flower Still Life’, and ‘Arcadian Landscape with a Bust of Flora’. The works belong mainly to the genres landscape painting, still life, and floral painting. The catalogue has 127 works by Jan van Huysum with free images. The dated works span the years 1667–1899. Works by Jan van Huysum are held by several collections, among them Mauritshuis, Département des peintures du Louvre, Kabinet van Heteren Gevers, and Statens Museum for Kunst.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Carl Ludvig von Schantz, Giulia Lama, Jacopo Amigoni, Gustaf Hesselius, and Jan Josef Horemans.