Jan van Ravesteyn
(1572–1657) painter from the Northern Netherlands (1572–1657)
Jan van Ravesteyn (1572–1657) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jan van Ravesteyn belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Jan van Ravesteyn was born in The Hague and died in The Hague. Jan van Ravesteyn worked in Delft and The Hague. Wikidata associates Jan van Ravesteyn with Baroque. Jan van Ravesteyn became a member of Confrerie Pictura.
The best-known works include ‘Portrait of Amélie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg’, ‘Portrait of Ernestine Yolande (1594-1663), Princess of Ligne’, and ‘Portrait of an officer, possibly Gaspard de Coligny (1584-1646)’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 130 works by Jan van Ravesteyn with free images. The dated works span the years 1599–1700. Works by Jan van Ravesteyn are held by several collections, among them National Art Gallery of the Netherlands, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection, Rijksmuseum, and Mauritshuis. Wikidata links 3 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Esther Inglis, Antiveduto Gramatica, Jan Harmensz Muller, Abel Grimmer, and Jacob Matham.