Jacobus Bisschop (1658 – 1697) was an 18th-century painter from the

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Biography

He was born and died in

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. According to Houbraken when his younger brother

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no longer needed him, he left for the Hague to follow lessons from

Augustinus Terwesten Augustinus Terwesten or Augustinus Terwesten the Elder (4 May 1649 – 21 January 1711) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, printmaker and art educator. He specialized in portraits, architectural and historical themes. He was known in his time for ...

.Jakobus Bisschop biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

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, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature After that he mostly made paintings for wall decorations in stately homes, at which pursuit he was quite successful. According to the RKD he was the son of the genre painter

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and brother of the bird painter Abraham Busschop.Jacobus Bisschop
in the

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He became Terwesten's pupil in 1686 at the

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. He became a member of the Dordrecht Guild of St. Luke.

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1658 births 1697 deaths 17th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters Painters from Dordrecht {{Netherlands-painter-stub