Famous People with Name Jan

Jan Mabuse            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Jan Mabuse: the name adopted (from his birthplace, Maubeuge) by the Flemish painter Jan Gossaert, or Jennyn van Hennegouwe (Hainaut), as he called himself when he matriculated in the guild of St Luke, at Antwerp, in 1503.

Jan Dirksz Both            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Jan Dirksz Both: was a Dutch painter.From 1634 to 1637 he was taught by Bloemaert and the painter Gerard van Honthorst before travelling to Rome ca. 1637. There he met the French painter Claude Lorrain, with whom he collaborated on a series of landscape paintings.

Jan De Baen            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Jan De Baen: was a Dutch portrait painter who lived during the Dutch Golden Age. He was a pupil of the painter Jacob Adriaensz Backer in Amsterdam from 1645 to 1648. He worked for Charles II of England in his Dutch exile, and from 1660 until his death he lived and worked in The Hague. His portraits were popular in his day, and he painted the most distinguished people of his time.

Jan Van Huysum            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Jan Van Huysum: was a Dutch painter.He was the brother of Jacob van Huysum, and the son of Justus van Huysum, who is said to have been expeditious in decorating doorways, screens and vases.

Jan Jansz Wijnants            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Jan Jansz Wijnants: was a Dutch painter of the Baroque era. He was the son an art dealer also named Jan Wijnants. After his mother's death, his father remarried Maria Jans van Stralen, widow of Jasper Jaspersz van Heemskerck, and mother of the painter Egbert Jaspersz van Heemskerck, making Wijnant and Van Heemskerck stepbrothers.