Jan Victors

Jan Victors ( born June 13, 1619 Amsterdam, † December 1679 in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia ) was a Dutch painter and draftsman, who dealt primarily with historical and portrait painting.

Life

His work fell into the era of the so-called Golden Age, when the newly founded Republic of the Seven United Netherlands experienced a political, economic and artistic heyday. It is generally assumed that Jan Victors was a pupil of Rembrandt in the second half of 1630. However, no reliable evidence from the 17th century have survived, demonstrating a stay in Rembrandt's workshop.

As a result of Rampjaars, civil year 1672 to Jan Victors committed in 1676 by ​​the Dutch East India Company as " sick comforter " in the colonies in Indonesia. He died shortly after arrival in December of the same year.

Works

Quack on the market, around 1635, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Jacob blesses the sons of Joseph, 1635, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

The Expulsion of Hagar 1635, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Esther and Haman before Ahasuerus, 1635 /40, Wallraf -Richartz Museum, Cologne

Young Woman at a Window, 1640 Louvre, Paris

Abraham and Isaac, 1642 Tel Aviv Museum of Art