Jacob de Gheyn II
Jacob de Gheyn II or also known as Jacques de Gheyn II (* around 1565 in Antwerp, † March 29, 1629 in The Hague) was a Dutch painter and engraver.
Life
De Gheyn was initially trained by his father, the glass painter, engraver and draftsman Jacob de Gheyn I.. In 1585 he moved to Haarlem and Hendrik Goltzius studied with for five years. 1590/91 he lived in Amsterdam. The mid- 1590s he moved to Leiden. De Gheyn to 1600 worked mainly with engravings, from now on, however, turned to etching. In 1605 he moved to The Hague and was commissioned by the Dutch crown to create a garden in Buitenhof for Prince Maurice of Orange; Here the first artificial caves were built in the Netherlands. When the Prince died in 1625, de Gheyn worked for his brother Frederick Henry.
De Gheyn was one of the first Dutch painted nudes, still lifes and vanitas motifs. He made more than 1,500 drawings, including landscapes and animals.
De Gheyn married Eva Stalpaert van der Wiele from Mechelen in the year in 1595. Their son, Jacob de Gheyn III. , Was born in 1596 and was also an engraver.
Museale reception
Museum of Military History in Vienna image rotation stands are placed in the permanent exhibition, containing a large number of engravings de Gheyns. The stitches are taken from the book " Weapons of action of the tubes, and skewers Musquetten ", which arose in the Hague instructions for handling the early firearms. Then the soldier of the 17th century was illiterate in general, the use of the light wand, the heavy musket and the pike had to be taught using pictures him.
Works (excerpt)
- Neptune and Amphitrite, oil on canvas, 103.5 × 137, Wallraf -Richartz- Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne
- Spanish warhorse, 1603, oil on canvas, 228 × 269 cm, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
- Vanitas, 1603, oil on wood, 32.5 × 21.5 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Venus and Cupid, 1605/10, oil on wood, 132 x 112 cm, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
- Flower vase with curtain, 1615, oil on wood, Kimbell Art Museum