Jan Fyt
(1611–1661) flamländsk konstnär
Jan Fyt (1611–1661) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jan Fyt belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Jan Fyt was born in Antwerp and died in Antwerp. Jan Fyt worked in Antwerp, Paris, Venice, and Florence. Wikidata associates Jan Fyt with Flemish Baroque painting. Jan Fyt became a member of Bentvueghels and Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. The students included Pieter Boel.
The best-known works include ‘Still Life with Dead Birds, Cage and Net’, ‘Still life with dead game birds’, and ‘Eagles on Rocks’. The works belong mainly to the genre still life. The catalogue has 141 works by Jan Fyt with free images. The dated works span the years 1557–1924. Works by Jan Fyt are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, and Kunsthistorisches Museum. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Hongren, Jacob Willemsz de Wet, Dirck Dircksz. van Santvoort, Hendrick Cornelisz van Vliet, and Sebastiano Mazzoni.