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Jan Janz Slop, or Jan Slob (1643 in Edam – 1727), was a
Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and art an ...
painter. According to Houbraken he was a glasspainter who lived to be the last of a breed. He had been a pupil of Jozef Oostfries and was still active at 75 when Houbraken was writing in 1712.Jan Janz Slop Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the
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He married Heiltje Sieuwerts 31 December 1661 in
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with ''attestatie'' from Edam. Heiltje was the sister of
Catharina Oostfries Catharina Oostfries, or Trijntje Sieuwerts (1636–1708) was a Dutch Golden Age glass painter. Biography Oostfries was born in Nieuwkoop. According to Houbraken she kept up her drawing and glass painting into her seventies.
, and when Catharina's husband Claes van der Meulen died, he was named as guardian over their children in Catharina's will.Claes Pietersz van der Meulen
in genealogy website


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Slop, Jan Janz 1643 births 1727 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters People from Edam-Volendam