Johan, or Jan van Gool (1685–1763), was a

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painter and writer from

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, now remembered mainly as a biographer of artists from the Dutch Golden Age.

Life

Jan van Gool was a pupil of Simon van der Does and Mattheus Terwesten.Jan van Gool
in the

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He became a member of the

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in 1711. He was first regent, and then five years later became director, of the Hague Drawing School from 1720-1734. He spent most of his time in the Hague, but travelled to England twice and is recorded there in 1711. He specialized in Italianate landscapes. He is best known today for his book of artist biographies, otherwise known as the "Nieuw Schouburg". The full title is ''De Nieuwe Schouburg der Nederlantsche kunstschilders en schilderessen: Waer in de Levens- en Kunstbedryven der tans levende en reets overleedene Schilders, die van Houbraken, noch eenig ander schryver, zyn aengeteekend, verhaelt worden.'' (The Hague, 1750). He meant this book as an update to the original "Schouwburg" written by his friend Arnold Houbraken, whose 3-volume '' Schouburg'' was written in order of birth year, ending with Adriaen van der Werff, born in 1659. Just as Houbraken before him, he starts his book with a tribute to his predecessors, most notably

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and to Houbraken himself, noting however, that Houbraken included many insulting comments in his sketches that he felt were unnecessary. He starts with the artists that Houbraken left out, choosing for his first subjects two painters from the Hague, Jan van Ravensteyn and

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. He then proceeded to write short sketches in birth year order up to 1680, ending Volume I with Gerard Jan Palthe. In Volume II he continued from 1680 with Jan van Huysum and ended in 1700 with the brothers

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and Matthijs Accama. His book contains many notes about Hague painters and the founding of the drawing academy in the Hague, where he lived and worked.Jan van Gool
in the Dictionary of Art Historians

List of painters in Part I

* Jan Antonisz. van Ravesteyn p. 15 *

Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen Cornelius Johnson or Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen (; also Cornelius Jonson van Ceulen, Cornelis Jansz. van Ceulen and many other variants) (bapt. 14 October 1593 – bur. 5 August 1661) was an English painter of portraits of Dutch or Flemish pa ...

p. 22 *

p. 24 * Martinus Lengele p. 30 * Arnold van Ravesteyn p. 31 * Isaac Koedijck p. 36 * Jan Potheuck p. 36 * Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel p. 37 * Jan Goedart p. 41 * Willem Eversdijck p. 43 * Cornelis Eversdyk p. 43 *

Theodor van der Schuer Theodor van der Schuer (1634–1707) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography Van der Schuer was born and died in The Hague. According to Houbraken he travelled to Italy where he joined the Bentvueghels with the nickname "Vrientschap", or fr ...

p. 44 *

Willem Doudijns Willem Doudijns (1630–1697), was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver. Biography According to the RKD he learned to draw from Alexander le Petit, and he spent 12 years in Italy. He returned home in 1661, where he collaborated with Jan ...

p. 51 * Nikolaes Wieling p. 58 *

Herman Verelst Herman Verelst (1641 in Dordrecht – 1702 in London), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography Herman was the son of Pieter Hermansz Verelst and his wife, who grew up in The Hague. He was the second of three sons who became painters: the oth ...

p. 59 * Pieter Hermansz Verelst p. 59 * Simon Pietersz Verelst p. 59 * Adriaen Cornelisz Beeldemaker p. 63 * Franciscus Carree p. 64 * Johan le Ducq p. 65 * Marcus de Bye p. 67 * Daniël Haring p. 69 * Daniel Mijtens the Younger p. 71 *

Jan Weenix Jan Weenix or Joannis Wenix (between 1641/164919 September 1719 (buried)) was a Dutch painter. He was trained by his father, Jan Baptist Weenix, together with his cousin Melchior d'Hondecoeter. Like his father, he painted various subjects, but ...

p. 79 * Robbert Duval (1639-1732) p. 83 * Johannes Vollevens p. 89 *

Anthoni Schoonjans Anthoni Schoonjans, nicknamed Parhasius (1655 – 13 August 1726) was a Flemish painter known for his portraits as well as his history paintings. After training in Antwerp he had an international career, which saw him work in various countries in ...

p. 94 *

Jan Mortel Jan Mortel (baptized 16 October 1652 – 15 October 1719) was a Dutch Golden Age flower painter. Mortel was born and died in Leiden. He was a pupil of Jan Porcellis van Delden and became a master in the Leiden Guild of St. Luke in 1675. Mortel ...

p. 99 * Abraham Begeyn p. 100 * Elias Terwesten p. 102 * Theodoor Visscher p. 104 *

Cornelis de Bruijn Cornelis de Bruijn or Cornelius de Bruyn (; 16521726/7), also formerly known in English by his French language, French name Corneille Le Brun, was a Dutch artist and traveler. He made two large tours and published illustrated books with his obser ...

p. 112 * Jan van Call p. 117 *

Jan Frans van Bloemen Jan Frans van Bloemen (baptized 12 May 1662 - buried 13 June 1749) was a Flemish landscape painter mainly active in Rome. Here he was able to establish himself as the leading painter of views (vedute) of the Roman countryside depicted in the aes ...

p. 121 *

Pieter van Bloemen Pieter van Bloemen, also known as Standaart (bapt. 17 January 1657 – 6 March 1720), first name also spelled Peter or Peeter, was a Flemish painter. He was a gifted landscape and animal painter and was very successful with his compositions depict ...

p. 122 * Hendrik Carré p. 122 * Michiel Carree p. 125 * Frank Pieterse Verheyden p. 127 * Arnold Houbraken p. 131 * N. Bodekker p. 147 * Jillis de Winter p. 150 * Jan Fielius p. 151 * Jacobus van der Sluis p. 151 * Bonaventura van Overbeek p. 154 * Theodorus Netscher p. 172 *

Willem van Mieris Willem van Mieris (3 June 166226 January 1747) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography Willem van Mieris was a painter, sculptor and etcher active in Leiden. He was born in Leiden and studied under his father Fran ...

p. 191 * Nikolaes Hooft p. 204 * Matheus de Meele p. 207 *

Rachel Ruysch Rachel Ruysch (3 June 1664 – 12 October 1750) was a Dutch still-life painter from the Northern Netherlands. She specialized in flowers, inventing her own style and achieving international fame in her lifetime. Due to a long and successful caree ...

p. 210 * Matthijs Pool p. 234 *

Pieter van der Werff Pieter van der Werff (1665 – 26 September 1722) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He assisted his older brother, Adriaen van der Werff. Life He learned to paint from his brother Adriaen and according to the RKD, he spent most of his life ...

p. 234 * Albert van Spiers p. 242 * Ottmar Elliger p. 243 * Herman Henstenburgh p. 248 * Elias van Nymeegen p. 256 * Kaspares Petro Verbruggen p. 264 * Theodor van Pee p. 272 * Adam Silo p. 287 * Frans Beeldemaker p. 289 * Jan Hendrik Brandon p. 293 * Arnold Boonen p. 294 * Jaques Parmantio p. 294 * Mattheus Terwesten p. 309 * Carel Borchaert Voet p. 329 * Alexander van Gaelen p. 340 * N. Cramer p. 341 *

Jacob Christoph Le Blon Jacob Christoph Le Blon, or Jakob Christoffel Le Blon, (2 May 1667 – 16 May 1741) was a painter and engraver from Frankfurt who invented the system of three- and four-colour printing, using an RYB color model which segued into the modern CMY ...

p. 342 * Isaac de Moucheron p. 362 * Constantijn Netscher p. 367 * R. Bleek p. 374 * Gerard Rademaker p. 378 * Gerard Wigmana p. 386 * Nikolaas Verkolje p. 392 * Abraham Rademaker p. 403 * Anselmus Weeling p. 409 * Dirk Kint p. 413 * Jasper Boonen p. 414 * Margaretha Wulfraet p. 415 * Pieter Hardimé p. 418 *

Simon Hardimé Simon Hardimé (1672–1737) was a Flemish painter of mixed Walloons, Walloon and Flemish descent.Jacob Campo Weyerman''De levens-beschryvingen der Nederlandsche konst-schilders en konst-schilderessen'' Volume 3, Dordrecht, Ab. Blussé en Zoon, ...

p. 418 * Jan Serin p. 423 * Coenraedt Roepel p. 426 * Jacob Campo Weyerman p. 434 * Philip van Dijk p. 440 * Henrik van Limborch p. 448 * Jan Palthe p. 370 * Gerard Jan Palthe p. 469

List of painters in Part II

* Jan van Huysum p. 13 * Justus van Huysum p. 30 * Jacob van Huysum p. 30 * N. Haverman p. 32 * Hendrik Hulst p. 32 *

Herman van der Mijn Herman van der Mijn, or Heroman van der Myn (1684 in Amsterdam – 1741 in London), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. According to Houbraken he introduced Jan van Nickelen to Jan Frans van Douven. ...

p. 34 * Frans Dekker p. 49 * Wilhelmus Troost p. 50 *

Jacoba Maria van Nickelen Jacoba Maria van Nickelen (1690, Haarlem – 1749, Amsterdam), was an 18th-century flower painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography van Nicklen was born into an old painting family of Haarlem; her grandfather Isaak van Nickelen paint ...

p. 52 * Matthijs Balen p. 55 * Abraham Torenvlied p. 57 * Johannes Vollevens II p. 57 *

Balthasar Denner Balthasar Denner (15 November 1685 – 14 April 1749) was a German painter, highly regarded as a portraitist. He painted mostly half-length and head-and-shoulders portraits and a few group portraits of families in interiors. Usually Denner con ...

p. 62 * Jacques Ignatius de Roore p. 86 * Isaak Walraven p. 116 * Hieronimus van der My p. 129 * Jan Maurits Quinkhard p. 130 * Dirk Dalens p. 134 * Bartholomeus Douven p. 136 * N. Anchilus p. 138 * Robbert Griffier p. 140 * Johannes Vogelsang p. 143 * Francis Vergh p. 145 *

Frans van Mieris the Elder Frans van Mieris the Elder (16 April 163512 March 1681), was a Dutch Golden Age genre and portrait painter. The leading member of a Leiden family of painters, his sons Jan (1660–1690) and Willem (1662–1747) and his grandson Frans van Mieris ...

p. 147 * Jan Abel Wassenberg p. 152 * Antoni de Waerd p. 157 * Jacob Appel (painter) p. 158 * Pieter van Call p. 165 * Jan van Call p. 168 * Jan Wandelaer p. 169 * Henriëtta van Pee p. 179 * Harmanus Wolters p. 191 * Cornelis Pronk p. 193 * Abraham de Haen p. 198 * Jan de Beijer p. 199 * Louis Fabricius Dubourg p. 200 * Gerard Melder p. 205 * Adriaen van der Burg p. 212 * Abraham Carré p. 215 * Hendrik Carré II p. 217 * Johannes Carré p. 218 *

Jacob de Wit Jacob de Wit (19 December 1695 – 12 November 1754) was a Dutch artist and interior decorator who painted many religious scenes. Biography Jacob de Wit was born in Amsterdam, and became famous for his door and ceiling paintings. He lived on ...

p. 218 * Jacob van Liender p. 238 * Theodoor Hartzoeker p. 239 *

Cornelis Troost __NOTOC__ Cornelis Troost (8 October 1696 – 7 March 1750) was an 18th-century actor and painter from Amsterdam. Troost was trained as an actor and married the actress Susanna Maria van der Duyn, but became a pupil of Arnold Boonen and g ...

p. 241 *

Sara Troost Sara Troost, or Sara Ploos van Amstel (1732–1803) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography Troost was born and died in Amsterdam. According to the RKD, she was the daughter of the painter Cornelis Troost and t ...

p. 252 * Louis de Moni p. 259 * Leonard François Louis p. 262 * Johan Hendrik Keller p. 266 * Engel Sam p. 273 * Johan Graham p. 276 * Mattheus Verheyden p. 278 * Jan George Freezen p. 297 * Antoni Elliger p. 301 *

Christina Maria Elliger Christina Maria Elliger (23 September 1731 – 6 March 1802) was an 18th-century artist from the Northern Netherlands. Biography Christina Maria Elliger was born in Amsterdam as the daughter of Anthony Elliger and Christina Houbraken, a dau ...

p. 303 * Gerard Sanders p. 304 * Johannes Antiquus p. 307 * Dionys van Nymegen p. 318 * Andreas van der Myn p. 321 * Cornelia van der Mijn p. 321 * Gerard van der Myn p. 321 * Frans van der Mijn p. 322 * George van der Mijn p. 326 * Robbert van der Myn p. 326 * Herman Diederik Cuipers p. 327 * Pierre Lyonnet p. 330 * Kornelis Greenwood p. 338 *

Aert Schouman Aert Schouman or Aart Schouman (4 March 1710 – 5 July 1792) was an 18th-century painter, now better known as a glass engraver, from the Dutch Republic. Schouman was born in Dordrecht. When 15 years old he served as apprentice to the Dordrec ...

p. 346 * Tibout Regters p. 353 * Augustinus Terwesten p. 355 *

Jan Verbruggen Jan Verbruggen (1712 – 27 October 1781) was a Dutch master gun-founder in the Netherlands and later at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, London. He was also an artist. Early life and career He was born in 1712 in Enkhuizen in the Netherlands, so ...

p. 358 * Arnout Rentinck p. 361 *

Jan ten Compe Jan ten Compe (1713, Amsterdam – 1761, Amsterdam), was an 18th-century landscape painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography According to his biographer Jan van Gool, he was a follower of Jan van der Heyden and Gerrit Berckheyde. ...

p. 364 * Ludolf Bakhuizen p. 366 * Hendrik de Winter p. 369 * Jan Palthe p. 370 * Jacobus Buys p. 372 * Nikolaes Reyers p. 372 *

Hendrik Pothoven Hendrik Pothoven (25 December 1725 – 29 January 1807) was an 18th-century drawer and painter from the Northern Netherlands. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Frans de Bakker and Philip van Dijk.Adriaen van der Werff p. 376 * Huchtenburg p. 410 *

Gerard Hoet Gerard Hoet (; 22 August 1648 – 2 December 1733) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver. Biography Gerard Hoet trained with his father and brother who were glass painters, and Warnard van Rijsen, who lived in Zaltbommel, and who h ...

p. 415 * Carel de Moor p. 422 * Roelof Koets p. 438 *

Nicolaas Piemont Nicolaes Piemont (1644–1709) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter who travelled to Rome in the 1670s. Biography Nicolaas Piemont was born in Amsterdam. According to Houbraken, Piemont was a member of the Bentvueghels with the nickname ...

p. 441 * Jan van Mieris p. 442 *

Jan Boeckhorst Jan Boeckhorst or Johann Bockhorst (c. 1604 – 21 April 1668) was a German-born Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman. He was a versatile artist who produced history paintings, genre scenes and portraits in a style influenced by the trio ...

p. 450 *

Domenicus van Wijnen Domenicus van Wijnen (Amsterdam 1658 – 1700) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography In 1674 he was a pupil of Willem Doudijns in The Hague. He lived in Rome from 1680–90. According to Houbraken he joined the Bentvueghels, an assoc ...

p. 451 * Dionys Godyn p. 454 * Nikolaes van Ravestein p. 455 * Isaak van der Vinne p. 455 * Jan Vincentsz van der Vinne p. 455 * Cornelis Dusart p. 457 *

Jan Vermeer van Utrecht Jan Vermeer van Utrecht (16 February 1630 (bapt.) – c. 1696) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Though he was born near Delft, there is no known relation between this painter and Johannes Vermeer. Biography Vermeer was born in Schipluiden. His f ...

p. 460 * Norbert van Bloemen p. 463 * Abraham Brueghel p. 463 * Jan Batist Breugel p. 464 * N. de Winter p. 465 * Jacomo van Staveren p. 466 * Jacobus de Baen p. 466 * Jan Adriaensz van Staveren p. 466 * Dirk Valkenburg p. 477 * Jacob Ochtervelt p. 488 * S. van der Hoog p. 489 *

Meindert Hobbema Meindert Lubbertszoon Hobbema (bapt. 31 October 1638 – 7 December 1709) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of landscapes, specializing in views of woodland, although his most famous painting, '' The Avenue at Middelharnis'' (1689, National Galle ...

p. 490 * Jan Wijnants p. 490 * J. Fournier p. 492 * Bernard Accama p. 493 * Matthijs Accama p. 493

References

Nieuwe Schouburg
in the ''Institute of Dutch History'' (with painter index)
Nieuwe Schouburg
on

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