Jan van Bijlert

Jan van Bijlert
Jean Bylert, engraving by Pieter de Bailliu after a self-portrait, 1649
Born
Jan Van Bijlert

1597
Died1671 (aged 73–74)
Known forPainting
MovementUtrecht Caravaggisti

Jan Hermansz van Bijlert (1597 or 1598 – November 1671) was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Utrecht, one of the Utrecht Caravaggisti whose style was influenced by Caravaggio. He spent some four years in Italy and was one of the founders of the Bentvueghels circle of northern painters in Rome.