Adriaen van de Venne

Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne (* 1589 in Delft, † November 12, 1662 in The Hague) was a Dutch painter and poet

Life

Van de Venne was first at the goldsmith P. Valck in Leiden, later in the Grisaillemaler H. van Diest in The Hague in teaching. He became in 1625 a member of the painters' guild in The Hague, which he was dean from 1638 to 1640. He worked here at the court of Prince Maurits of Orange and Frederick Henry of Orange. He painted portraits and documented courtly, aristocratic living. He died there on 12 November in 1662.

Work

Following the example of Jan Brueghel the Elder and under the influence of Esaias van de Velde, he painted landscapes with figures in shining color ( for example: the summer and winter, in the Berlin Museum, the funfair, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the cease-fire festival, in Louvre at Paris, the Feast in front of a castle, in the Gallery at Cassel ), but also grisaille with scenes of hunting, riding trains and others. He created illustrations for the works of Jacob Cats and Jan de Brune, which was edited by his elder brother Jan. His main work is the soul of fishing Catholic and Protestant clergyman, in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. His poem " De Mey Zeensche - clacht " ( 1623), which deals with the old conflict between painting and poetry, reflects his humanistic didactic and image understanding.

Does not do anything for money!, 1625

A summery village landscape with horse-drawn carriage