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Jacob de Gheyn II
Dutch painter and engraver (c.1565-1629)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 1565
- Died
- 29 March 1629
- Place of birth
- Antwerp
- Place of death
- The Hague
- Sex or gender
- male
- Father
- Jacob de Gheyn I
- Child
- Jacob de Gheyn III
- Occupation
- painter, graphic artist, visual artist, engraver, map drawer
- Citizenship
- Southern Netherlands
- artist files at
- Frick Art Research Library
- described by source
- The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters, Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste, Schilder-boeck, BEIC Digital Library, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Repertorium van Nederlandse kaartmakers
- different from
- Jacob de Gheyn III, Jacob de Gheyn I
- has works in the collection
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Auckland Art Gallery, J. Paul Getty Museum, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, Nationalmuseum, National Gallery of Canada, Stadsarchief Rotterdam
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Dutch
- name in native language
- Jacob de Gheyn
- notable work
- Flowers in a Glass Flask, Venus and Cupid, Spanish Warhorse
- student
- Jacob Vosmaer
Connected on Wikidata
Creator of
- A Soldier Slightly Raising His Caliver in His Left Hand
- A Soldier Grasping the Match in His Right Hand
- A Soldier Lifting the Match in Order to Blow It Clean
- A Soldier Pressing the Match on to the Serpentine
- A Soldier Shaping the Match between His Thumb and Forefinger
- A Soldier, Having Blown the Match Clean, Shuts the Pan to Avoid Sparks
- A Soldier Raising His Caliver
- A Soldier Taking Aim
- A Soldier, Having Fired, Holding His Caliver Upright to Avoid Hitting His Companion
- A Soldier Releasing His Match without Extinguishing It
- A Soldier Transferring the Match to His Left Hand
- A Soldier Blowing out Sparks
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