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Jan Baptist Weenix
17th-century Dutch painter
Jan Baptist Weenix, also spelled Jan Baptiste Weeninx[1] (1621–c. 1659), was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age.
Despite his relatively brief career, he was a very productive and versatile painter.
Jan baptist weenix biography
His favourite subjects were Italian landscapes with large figures among ruins, seaside views, and, later in life, large still life pictures of dead game or dogs. He was mainly responsible for introducing the Italian harbour scene into Dutch art, in mid-size paintings with a group of figures in the foreground.
Life
Weenix was born near Amsterdam's harbour, the son of an architect. He could not speak well, apparently from a medical condition, and because he very much liked to read books, his mother sent him to work for a bookseller, who was not able to deal with him.
He drew whenever he could, according to Jan Weenix his son, who told the story to Arnold Houbraken.
Weenix first studied under Jan Micker, who w