Adriaen, or Jan van Alen (1651–1698) was a painter from the Dutch Republic.
Adriaen | |
|---|---|
| Jan van Alen | |
 Dog, Rooster, and Chickens in a Yard, now in the São Paulo Museum of Art | |
| Born | 1651 |
| Died | 1698 |
He was born as the son of the animal painter Jacob van Oolen in Amsterdam, with whom his works are sometimes confused.[1] He became an imitator of Melchior Hondekoeter, and his pictures, like those of that master, represent fowls, landscapes, and still-life.[2]
Works
editThough inferior to Hondekoeter, he painted those objects with great fidelity. He also imitated other masters of the period with so much success that his copies have often passed for originals. He died in Amsterdam.
References
edit- ^ Adriaen van Oolen in the RKD
- ^ Jan van Alen in Arnold Houbraken's Schouburg
Attribution:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Alen, Jan van". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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