Jan van der Heyden

Jan van der Heyden ( born March 5, 1637 Gorinchem, † March 28, 1712 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and inventor.

Van der Heyden was at first a disciple of a glass painter, but later turned exclusively architectural painting and went to Amsterdam, where he etc. painted especially views of churches, castles, palaces, public squares, streets, canals, mostly provided rich with Masked are. In addition, van der Heyden was also active as an inventor, he developed a street lighting for Amsterdam from 1669 to 1840 was in operation by means of oil street lamps. He also made in the 17 century. services to the technical and organizational development of the fire department, he was author of the 1690 Brandspuiten - boek, the first manual for fire fighting.

John Lingelbach, Adriaan van de Velde and Eglon van der Neer often painted the figures in his clear and friendly colored images. The same can be found in many public galleries. A major work, the view of the townhouse to Amsterdam in Dam Square ( 1668 ), has the Louvre in Paris. Van der Heyden was for a time worked in England, has also worked on mechanics and in 1690 published a treatise about it with his own drawings.

Selections

Oude- Zijds - Voorburgwal in Amsterdam

The Church of Veere

• View of the Oude Kerk in Delft, 1675, wood, 44 × 56 cm. Oslo.
• View of a bridge, wood, 24 × 31 cm. Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten.
• Ruined castle, wood, 39 × 24 cm. Rotterdam, Boymans -van Beuningen.
• The old Palace of Brussels and the zoo, wood, 51 × 64 cm. Munich.
• German town, wood, 49 × 65 cm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum.
• The Church of Veere, canvas, 32 × 36 cm. The Hague, Mauritshuis