Jan van Huysum

Jan van Huysum
Fruit and flowers, 1722
Born(1682-04-15)15 April 1682
Amsterdam
Died8 February 1749(1749-02-08) (aged 66)
Amsterdam
NationalityDutch
Known forPainting

Jan van Huysum (or Jan van Huijsum) (15 April 1682 – 8 February 1749) is the most notable member of the Van Huysum family of artists working in Dutch Golden Age of the 17th and 18th centuries; "by common consent, Jan van Huysum has been held to be the best painter of flowers."[1] Trained in decoration from a young age, he "gradually developed an execution of details of the utmost beauty and finish"[2] creating "wonderful flower pieces whereon drops of water and crawling ants could be seen without a magnifying glass."[3]

  1. ^ James, Ralph N. (1896). Painters and Their Works: A Dictionary of Great Artists who are Not Now Alive. L.U. Gill.
  2. ^ Kugler, Franz (1898). Handbook of Painting: German, Flemish, and Dutch Schools. Based on the Handbook of Kugler. J. Murray. pp. 546–549. ISBN 978-0-403-01059-2.
  3. ^ Hale, Philip L. (2019-12-09). Vermeer and His Time. Parkstone International. ISBN 978-1-64461-827-1.