Jan Baptist Weenix
(1621–1659) 17th-century Dutch painter (1621–1659)
Jan Baptist Weenix (1621–1659) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jan Baptist Weenix belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Jan Baptist Weenix was born in Amsterdam and died in Vleuten. Jan Baptist Weenix worked in Amsterdam, Rome, Amsterdam, and Utrecht. Jan Baptist Weenix became a member of Bentvueghels. The students included Jan Weenix.
The best-known works include ‘Italian landscape with shelter and antiques ruins’, ‘Dead partridge hanging from a nail’, and ‘A Dog and a Cat near a partially disembowelled Deer’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 72 works by Jan Baptist Weenix with free images. The dated works span the years 1625–1695. Works by Jan Baptist Weenix are held by several collections, among them National Gallery of Ireland, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, and Rijksmuseum. Wikidata links 2 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Egbert van der Poel, Ignacio de Iriarte, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Allart van Everdingen, and Jacques Courtois.