Jan Asselijn

(1610–1652) holländsk konstnär

Jan Asselijn (1610–1652) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Jan Asselijn belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Jan Asselijn was born in Dieppe and died in Amsterdam. Jan Asselijn worked in Amsterdam, France, Rome, and Lyon. Wikidata associates Jan Asselijn with Baroque. Jan Asselijn became a member of Bentvueghels.

The best-known works include ‘Italianate landscape’, ‘The Threatened Swan’, and ‘Cavalry attack at sunset’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting and marine art. The catalogue has 63 works by Jan Asselijn with free images. The dated works span the years 1615–1652. Works by Jan Asselijn are held by several collections, among them Rijksmuseum, Statens Museum for Kunst, Nationalmuseum, and Gemäldegalerie. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, Hongren, Stefano della Bella, Susanna van Steenwijck, and Philip Fruytiers.

• The Baroque
• Den hotade svanen