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

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and writer from

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, now remembered mainly as a biographer of artists from the

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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

Confrerie Pictura The Confrerie Pictura was a more or less academic club of artists founded in 1656 in The Hague (the Netherlands) by local art painters, who were unsatisfied by the Guild of Saint Luke there. History The guild of St. Luke in the Hague existed a ...

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 Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch people, Dutch Painting, painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadt ...

, whose 3-volume '' Schouburg'' was written in order of birth year, ending with

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, born in 1659. Just as Houbraken before him, he starts his book with a tribute to his predecessors, most notably

Karel van Mander Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander IKarel van Mander
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History ...

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

Adriaen Hanneman Adriaen Hanneman (c. 1603 – buried 11 July 1671) was a Dutch Golden Age painter best known for his portraits of the exiled British royal court. His style was strongly influenced by his contemporary, Anthony van Dyck. Biography He was born into ...

. 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 Cornelis Janssens (born Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen, ; 14 October 1593 – 5 August 1661) was an Anglo-Dutch painter of portraits. Born of Dutch or Flemish parents who fled to London from Antwerp to escape religious persecution, Cornelis Jans ...

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 Johannes Goedaert (also spelled Goetaart, Goedhart, Goedaard or Jean Goedart in French) (19 March 1617 (baptized) – 15 January 1668 (buried)) was a Dutch Natural history, natur ...

p. 41 *

Willem Eversdijck Willem Eversdijck (-1671) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He was the son of Cornelis Eversdijck and flourished at Goes about the year 1660. He is known for portraits and several of these were engraved by Houbraken. In 1633 he was a pupil of Cor ...

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 ...

p. 44 * Willem Doudijns 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 Simon Pietersz Verelst (1644–1721?) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is known for outstanding flower and fruit still life paintings. Biography Verelst was born in The Hague. He was the son of Pieter Harmensz Verelst and became a pupi ...

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 p. 94 * Jan 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 name Corneille Le Brun, was a Dutch artist and traveler. He made two large tours and published illustrated books with his observations of peop ...

p. 112 * Jan van Call p. 117 *

Jan Frans van Bloemen Jan Frans van Bloemen (baptized 12 May 1662 - buried 13 June 1749)Vici 1974, pp. 222, 225. 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 count ...

p. 121 * Pieter van Bloemen p. 122 * Hendrik Carré p. 122 * Michiel Carree p. 125 * Frank Pieterse Verheyden p. 127 *

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 Theodorus Netscher (1661, Bordeaux – 1728, Hulst), (''alias'': Theodor/Theodoor/de Fransche Netscher) was an 18th-century painter from the Dutch Republic. Biography According to Johan van Gool he was taught to paint from his father, and th ...

p. 172 *

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

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 car ...

p. 210 *

Matthijs Pool Matthijs Pool (1676–1740)Matthijs Pool
in the RKD was an engraver from the Dutch Republic.

Bi ...

p. 234 * Pieter van der Werff 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 Theodorus van Pee (1668–1746) was an 18th-century painter and art dealer from the Dutch Republic. Biography Born in Amsterdam in 1668 or 1669, he was a son of the painter Jan van Pee and his wife Hendrika. His father moved to Antwerp when ...

p. 272 * Adam Silo p. 287 * Frans Beeldemaker p. 289 *

Jan Hendrik Brandon Jan Hendrik Brandon or Jean Henri Brandon (1660–1714) was a Dutch painter from France. Brandon joined the Confrerie Pictura in 1696 and became known for portraits. He became director of the academy in The Hague in the period that Jan van Gool ...

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 a halftone color printing system with three and four copper dyes using an RYB color model, which served a ...

p. 342 * Isaac de Moucheron p. 362 *

Constantijn Netscher Constantijn Netscher (16 December 1668 – 27 March 1723) was an 18th-century painter from the Dutch Republic. Biography He was born in The Hague. According to Houbraken he was the son of Caspar Netscher and the brother of Theodorus.

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 Walloon and Flemish descent.Jacob Campo Weyerman''De levens-beschryvingen der Nederlandsche konst-schilders en konst-schilderessen'' Volume 3, Dordrecht, Ab. Blussé en Zoon, 1729–1 ...

p. 418 * Jan Serin p. 423 * Coenraedt Roepel p. 426 *

Jacob Campo Weyerman Jacob Campo Weyerman (9 August 1677 – 9 March 1747) was a painter and writer during the period known as the Dutch Enlightenment. His work encompassed flower and fruit still life paintings, satirical magazines, plays, and biographies of painter ...

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 p. 34 * Frans Dekker p. 49 * Wilhelmus Troost p. 50 * Jacoba Maria van Nickelen 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 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 Henriëtta van Pee (1692, Amsterdam – 1741, Haarlem), was an 18th-century painter from the Dutch Republic. Biography According to the RKD she was the granddaughter of Jan van Pee and the daughter of Theodor van Pee. She married the painte ...

p. 179 * Harmanus Wolters p. 191 * Cornelis Pronk p. 193 * Abraham de Haen p. 198 *

Jan de Beijer Jan de Beijer (24 September 1703 – c. 1780), also given as Jan de Beyer, was a Dutch draughtsman and painter known for this drawings of towns and buildings in the present-day countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In total, he produ ...

p. 199 * Louis Fabricius Dubourg p. 200 * Gerard Melder p. 205 * Adriaen van der Burg p. 212 * Abraham Carré p. 215 *

Hendrik Carré II Hendrik Carré the Younger (1696–1775), was an 18th-century painter from the Dutch Republic. Biography He was born in The Hague as the son of Hendrik Carré.

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 Cornelis Troost (8 October 1696 – 7 March 1750) was a Dutch 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 gave up his career fo ...

p. 241 * Sara Troost 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 Dutch Republic. Biography Christina Maria Elliger was born in Amsterdam as the daughter of Anthony Elliger and Christina Houbraken, a daughter ...

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 p. 346 * Tibout Regters p. 353 *

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 ...

p. 355 *

Jan Verbruggen Jan Verbruggen (1712 – 27 October 1781) was a master gun-founder in the Dutch Republic 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, son of ...

p. 358 * Arnout Rentinck p. 361 * Jan ten Compe p. 364 *

Ludolf Bakhuizen Ludolf BakhuizenLudolf Bakhuizen
at the

Hendrik de Winter p. 369 * Jan Palthe p. 370 * Jacobus Buys p. 372 * Nikolaes Reyers p. 372 * Hendrik Pothoven p. 374 *

p. 376 *

Huchtenburg J(oh)an and Jacob van Huchtenburg (also known as ''Hughtenburg'' or ''Hugtenburg(h)'') were two Dutch Golden Age painters in the second half of the seventeenth century. Both brothers were natives of Haarlem, moved to Paris, but died in Amsterdam ...

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 hi ...

p. 415 *

Carel de Moor Carel de Moor (25 February 1655 – 16 February 1738) was a Dutch Golden Age etcher and painter. He was a pupil of the Dutch Golden Age painting, Dutch Golden Age painter Gerard Dou. Biography Carel de Moor was born in Leiden. According to Hou ...

p. 422 *

Roelof Koets Roelof Koets (1592, Haarlem – 1654, Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography Koets became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1654 as a ''vinder''.De archiefbescheiden van het St. Lukasgilde te Haarlem 1497-1798, Hesse ...

p. 438 * Nicolaas Piemont p. 441 *

Jan van Mieris Jan van Mieris (17 June 1660 – 17 March 1690) was a Dutch painter. Life Jan van Mieris (17 June 1660 – 17 March 1690) was a Dutch painter born in Leiden, the eldest son of Frans van Mieris the Elder and Cunera van der Cocq (Sluijter et al ...

p. 442 *

Jan Boeckhorst Jan Boeckhorst or Johann Bockhorst (Münster, c. 1604 – Antwerp, 21 April 1668) was a Germany, German-born Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman who worked most of his career in Antwerp. He was a versatile artist who produced history pain ...

p. 450 * Domenicus van Wijnen 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 p. 460 *Norbert van Bloemen p. 463 *Abraham Brueghel p. 463 *Jan Batist Breugel p. 464 *N. de Winter p. 465 *Jacob van Staverden, 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 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 Google books (Edition from 1750) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gool, Jan Van 1685 births 1763 deaths 18th-century Dutch painters 18th-century Dutch male artists Dutch male painters Dutch art historians Painters from The Hague Artist authors