Jan van Noordt : Painter of History and Portraits in Amsterdam

409 Pages·2014·0.59 MB·English

by  De Witt

Jan van Noordt

Jan van Noordt
Painter of History and Portraits in Amsterdam
David A. de Witt
McGILL-QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY PRESS Montreal & Kingston • London • Ithaca
©McGill-Queen’s University Press 2007
isbn978-0-7735-3275-5
Legal deposit fourth quarter 2007
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec
Printed in Canada on acid-free paper.
Publication of this book was made possible in
part by the generous financial support of
Alfred and Isabel Bader.
McGill-Queen’s University Press acknowl-
edges the support of the Canada Council for
the Arts for our publishing program. We also
acknowledge the financial support of the
Government of Canada through the Book
Publishing Industry Development Program
(bpidp)for our publishing activities.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing
in Publication
De Witt, David A.
Jan van Noordt : painter of history and
portraits in Amsterdam / by David A. de Witt.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn978-0-7735-3275-5
1.Noordt, Jan van, 1624?–1676.2.Noordt,
Jan van, 1624?–1676?—Catalogs. 3.
Painting—Netherlands—Amsterdam. 4.
Painting, Dutch— 17th century. 5.Painters—
Netherlands—Amsterdam—Biography.6.
Painters—Netherlands—Biography. I. Title.
nd653.n67w58 2007
759.92
c2007-901856-4
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oneonone in Janson 10/13
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
introduction 3
1 “Konstrijk schilder te Amsterdam”: The Life of Jan van Noordt 7
2 The Development of Jan van Noordt’s Style 16
3 From Open Market to Private Network: Buyers and Patrons of Jan van Noordt’s Paintings 38
4 Exempla of Love and Virtue: A Penchant in the Themes of Jan van Noordt’s History Paintings 51
5 Jan van Noordt’s Drawings: Pictorial Technique and Function 75
conclusion 82
catalogue
Paintings
History Paintings 89
Genre 157
Portraits:Women 177
Portraits: Men 183
Portraits: Children 189
Portraits: Groups 201
Paintings Known Only through Reproductions 211
Paintings That Cannot with Any Certainty 215
Be Attributed to Jan Van Noordt
Rejected Paintings 219
Paintings Known Only from Literary Sources 277
Drawings
Drawings 289
Rejected Drawings 311
Drawings Known Only from Literary Sources 317
Prints
Prints 321
Rejected Prints 329
Prints Known Only from Literary Sources 333
appendix
Documents Pertaining to the Life of Jan van Noordt 335
Notes 347
Works Cited 367
Index 387
Index of Locations of Works by Van Noordt 395
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Acknowledgments
The path of this monograph started at the Department of Art of Queen’s Univer-
sity in Kingston, Canada, moved through various institutions in the United States,
the Netherlands, and elsewhere in Europe, and then returned to Kingston. Along
the way, a number of people lent their assistance, both improving this study and has-
tening its progress. First and foremost is Professor Volker Manuth of Nijmegen
University. His guidance and experience extended over several years as dissertation
adviser at Queen’s University, and the time before and after as well. His engagement
and generosity will always remain for me a model for the scholarly life.
Anumber of other scholars in the field of Dutch art graciously shared their spe-
cialized knowledge and material. I am grateful to Willem van de Watering, Albert
Blankert, and Robert Schillemans for discussing with me the problems associated
with the study of Van Noordt and for providing numerous important leads to rele-
vant information. A special thanks is owed to the musicologist Jaap den Hertog, who
is presently completing a dissertation on Anthoni van Noordt, and who directed me
to pertinent archival material on Anthoni’sbrother Jan. For their help in searching
for and interpreting archival documents I would also like to thank S.A.C. Dudok
van Heel, Jaap van der Veen, and Marten Jan Bok. At the Amsterdam archive, Johan
Giskes shared his views on the interpretation of specific documents related to his
own research on Jacobus van Noordt.
In its earlier state as a dissertation, this study benefited from the input of Jane
Russell-Corbett, Professor Emeritus J. Douglas Stewart, Professor David McTavish,
and William Robinson, who contributed as readers or defence committee members.
Ialso thank Philip Knijff, Odilia Bonebakker,Jonathan Bikker,and Alfred Bader for
their informal supportby way of discussions of Jan van Noordt’slife and work.