Jan van de Cappelle
Jan van de Cappelle (also Capelle; * 1626, † 1679 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter.
Life
Cappelle spent his whole life in Amsterdam. His father was the owner of a cloth dyeing, specializing in expensive carmine red. Cappelle was baptized on January 25, 1626 in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. Maybe he was taught by Simon de Vlieger in painting. He had however not necessary for a livelihood to paint it, because he was wealthy by default. In February 1653, he married Annetje Grotingh and in the same year in July he became a citizen of Amsterdam.
It is not known whether he was a member of the painters' guild (such as the Guild of St. Luke ), or ever sold pictures. The earliest known dating of his pictures is of 1645 and from the 1660s is just a date known, then no more. The reason is likely that the dyeing business he devoted himself to the family, where his brother worked. In 1674 he inherited this.
Cappelle died two years later than his wife. He was born on December 22, 1679 in the Nieuwe Kerk to the grave. Cappelle had seven children. The list of his estate has been preserved, including many paintings, only seven of Rembrandt. With 192 paintings and 7,000 drawings ( almost exclusively by Dutch and Flemish painters and draughtsmen ) was one of the largest art collections of his time.
According to the Dutch art historian Abraham Bredius he was possibly a friend of Rembrandt. Rembrandt painted him and his wife ( the pictures were in his estate ) and he was one of the purchasers at Rembrandt forced sales in 1656 and 1658. Maybe he gave Rembrandt the contract for the group picture, the head of the Tuchmacherzunft ( 1662). Cappelle was also painted by Frans Hals.
Cappelle was itself an important marine painter of the 17th century, whose works are highly increased, in particular in the UK in the appreciation. His contemporaries, he was less well known, his biography is to be found neither in the collections of biographies of painters Arnold Houbraken, Joachim Sandrart or Samuel van Hogstraten.
His works can be found today in museums and galleries in the Netherlands, the UK, Germany (including Wallraf- Richartz Museum ) and in Austria. As nine paintings in the National Gallery in London.
From him only about 150 paintings are known, in addition to marine images and winter landscapes. In addition, today there are only a small number of etchings and drawings known or clearly attributable. His Navy images show only calm weather and cloudy sky. They are characterized by Meyers Lexicon by its illumination of shimmering sunlight on the water.
Works (selection)
- Calm, 1650/55, oil on oak, 47.5 × 59 cm, Wallraf -Richartz Museum, Cologne (link to painting)
- Welcome by the Home Fleet, 1650 Oil on wood, 64 x 93 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (link to painting)
- A volley shooting Yacht, 1650, oil on wood, 85.5 x 114.5 cm National Gallery, London
- Winter Landscape, 1650, oil on wood, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede