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

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

and writer from The Hague, now remembered mainly as a biographer of artists from the

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 Dutch art, ...

Life

Jan van Gool was a pupil of

Simon van der Does Simon van der Does (1653 – after 1717) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography Van der Does was born in The Hague, the son of Jacob van der Does by his second wife. He was taught to paint by his father and became in turn the teacher ...

and

Mattheus Terwesten Mattheus Terwesten or Matthäus Terwesten (23 February 1670, The Hague - 11 June 1757, The Hague) was a Dutch painter and art educator. He is known for his portraits as well as of mythological and allegorical subjects. He was a decorative paint ...

.Jan van Gool
in the RKD He became a member of the Confrerie Pictura 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 painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...

, 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 Karel van Mander 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 Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn (1572(?) – buried 21 June 1657) was a successful portrait painter to the Dutch court in The Hague. Biography Van Ravesteyn was born in The Hague. It is unknown who taught him how to paint, but he was a follow ...

and Adriaen Hanneman. He then proceeded to write short sketches in birth year order up to 1680, ending Volume I with

Gerard Jan Palthe Gerhard Jan Palthe (21 July 1681 in Denekamp – 30 July 1767 in Deventer), was an 18th-century painter and portraitist from the Northern Netherlands. Biography He was the son of a clergyman of the Walloon church. He studied with Jurriaen ...

. In Volume II he continued from 1680 with Jan van Huysum and ended in 1700 with the brothers Bernard and

Matthijs Accama Matthijs Accama (1702–1783) was a Dutch painter. The brother of Bernardus, he was born at Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in ...

. 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 Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn (1572(?) – buried 21 June 1657) was a successful portrait painter to the Netherlands, Dutch court in The Hague. Biography Van Ravesteyn was born in The Hague. It is unknown who taught him how to paint, but he ...

p. 15 * Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen p. 22 * Adriaen Hanneman p. 24 *

Martinus Lengele Martinus Lengele (1615–1668) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is known for portraits in the Hague, and made a few schutterstuken there. He became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in The Hague from 1656 to 1665.Arnold van Ravesteyn Arnold van Ravesteyn (1605 in The Hague – 1690 in The Hague), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter. Biography According to the RKD he was a pupil of his father, the painter Anthonie van Ravesteyn, who became a member of the Haarlem Guild o ...

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Isaac Koedijck Isaac Koedijck (1618, Amsterdam – 1668, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Johan van Gool, he saw two excellent cabinet pieces painted in the tradition of Gerard Dou in the collection of Willem Lormier in t ...

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Jan Potheuck Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...

p. 36 * Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel p. 37 * Jan Goedart p. 41 *

Willem Eversdijck Willem Eversdijck (c.1620-1671) 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 ...

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Cornelis Eversdyk Willem Eversdijck (c.1620-1671) 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 ...

p. 43 * Theodor van der Schuer 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 de ...

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Nikolaes Wieling Nicolaes Willingh (1640, The Hague – 1678, Berlin), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Houbraken he was the teacher of Robbert Duval and Augustinus Terwesten.Herman Verelst p. 59 *

Pieter Hermansz Verelst Pieter Harmensz Verelst (c. 1618, Dordrecht – c. 1678 in Dordrecht or Hulst) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Three of his sons, Simon, Herman, and Johannes Verelst, also became painters. Biography Pieter Verelst was a pupil of Gerard Dou and ...

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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 pup ...

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Adriaen Cornelisz Beeldemaker Adriaen Cornelisz. Beeldemaker (1618, Rotterdam – 1709, The Hague), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Jan van Gool he specialized in painting scenes of deer and boar hunts.Franciscus Carree Franciscus Carree or Frans Carré (ca. 1630 - 1669) was a Dutch painter. He was either born in Leeuwarden or Antwerp. In 1649 he married Janneke Padtbrugge in The Hague where he became a member of the guild, and spent most of his career. Between ...

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Johan le Ducq Johan le Ducq (1629 in The Hague – 1676 in The Hague) was a Dutch painter. It is generally thought that he studied under Paulus Potter and possibly with Karel du Jardin. In 1660 he was admitted to the Society of Painters in The Hague, where ...

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Marcus de Bye Marcus de Bye sometimes spelt de Bie or de Bije (1638/39, The Hague - after 1688)Bye, Marcus de
at the RKD. was a Du ...

p. 67 * Daniël Haring p. 69 *

Daniel Mijtens the Younger Daniël Mijtens the Younger (7 August 1644, The Hague – buried on 23 September 1688, The Hague), was a Dutch Golden Age painter and the son of Daniel Mytens the Elder, although some early sources indicate that his father was Jan Mijtens. H ...

p. 71 * Jan Weenix p. 79 *

Robbert Duval (1639-1732) Robbert is a Dutch form of the masculine given name Robert. People with the name include: * Robbert A.J. Agerbeek (born 1937), Indo Dutch boogie-woogie and jazz pianist * Robbert Andringa (born 1990), Dutch volleyball player * Robbert Baruch (bo ...

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Johannes Vollevens Johannes Vollevens (1649, Geertruidenberg – 1728, The Hague), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Houbraken he was born in 1654, "the same year that took Fabritius by a stroke of fate",Houbraken made several puns on t ...

p. 89 * Anthoni Schoonjans p. 94 * Jan Mortel p. 99 * Abraham Begeyn p. 100 * Elias Terwesten p. 102 *

Theodoor Visscher Theodoor () is a masculine given name. It is the Dutch form of Theodore. Short forms of Theodoor are Theo, Dorus, Dirck, and Dirk. The latter two are derived from the Germanic name Theodoric (via Diederik) rather than from the Greek/Latin Theo ...

p. 104 * Cornelis de Bruijn p. 112 *

Jan van Call Jan van Call (1655–1703) was an artist born, according to Descamps, at Nijmegen in 1655. He is said to have attained considerable proficiency in painting without the help of an instructor. His first attempts were made in copying the landscapes ...

p. 117 * Jan Frans van Bloemen p. 121 * Pieter van Bloemen p. 122 *

Hendrik Carré Hendrik Carré (October 2, 1656, Amsterdam – July 7, 1721, The Hague), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Houbraken he was a pupil first of Jacob Jordaens in Antwerp, and then Juriaen Jacobsze in Leeuwarden, where he pai ...

p. 122 *

Michiel Carree Michiel Carree or Carré (1657 – October 1727) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Carree was born in The Hague. He received his first instructions from his elder brother Hendrik Carré, and afterwards became the scholar of Nicolaas Berchem, but ...

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Frank Pieterse Verheyden Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Cu ...

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N. Bodekker N is the fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet. N or n may also refer to: Mathematics * \mathbb, the set of natural numbers * N, the field norm * N for ''nullae'', a rare Roman numeral for zero * n, the size of a statistical sample Sci ...

p. 147 * Jillis de Winter p. 150 *

Jan Fielius Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article N ...

p. 151 *

Jacobus van der Sluis A Jacobus is an English gold coin of the reign of James I, worth 25 shillings. The name of the coin comes from the Latin inscription surrounding the King's head on the obverse of the coin, IACOBUS D G MAG BRIT FRA ET HI REX ("James, by the grac ...

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Bonaventura van Overbeek Bonaventura van Overbeek (1660–1705) was a Dutch Golden Age draughtsman and engraver. Biography Overbeek was born and died in Amsterdam. According to Houbraken, he drew the Roman ruins from life and, while in Rome, he joined the Bentvu ...

p. 154 *

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

p. 172 * Willem van Mieris p. 191 * Nikolaes Hooft p. 204 *

Matheus de Meele Matheus is a Portuguese given name: Notable people with the name include: * Matheus Aiás (born 1996), Brazilian footballer * Matheus Alessandro (born 1996), Brazilian footballer * Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida (born 2001), Brazilian tennis player ...

p. 207 * Rachel Ruysch p. 210 *

Matthijs Pool Matthijs Pool (1676–1740)Matthijs Pool
in the

Pieter van der Werff p. 234 *

Albert van Spiers Albert van Spiers (baptized on 18 November 1665, Amsterdam – buried on 9 November 1718, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is mainly known for interior decorations in the houses of the Canals of Amsterdam. Biography According t ...

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Ottmar Elliger Ottmar Elliger (1633–1679) was a Flemish Baroque flower painter. According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, he was born in Göteborg, but he was trained in Antwerp by Daniel Seghers. His earliest dated work is from 1653.

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Herman Henstenburgh Herman Henstenburgh (1667, in Hoorn – 1726, in Hoorn), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography According to Johan van Gool he was very good at copying prints and copied the watercolours of Pieter Holstein, wh ...

p. 248 *

Elias van Nymeegen Elias van Nijmegen (1667, Nijmegen – January 24, 1755, Rotterdam), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography According to the RKD he became a member of the Leiden Guild of St. Luke in 1689, but he moved to Rott ...

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Kaspares Petro Verbruggen Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen or Gasparo Pedro Verbruggen (baptized on 11 April 1664 in Antwerp – buried on 14 March 1730 in Antwerp) was a Flemish still life painter who is principally known for his decorative still lifes with flowers and fruit. H ...

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Theodor van Pee Theodorus van Pee (1668–1746) was an 18th-century painter and art dealer from the Northern Netherlands. 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 Antwer ...

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Adam Silo Adam Silo (Amsterdam, 25 December 1674 - Amsterdam, 1760) was a Dutch people, Dutch painter who specialized in maritime scenes — particularly naval ships, but also trading and whaling vessels. He also wrote books on art and gave drawing lesson ...

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 *

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Carel Borchaert Voet Carel Borchaert Voet (1671, Zwolle – 1743, Dordrecht), was an 18th-century flower and insect painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography According to the RKD he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in the years 1692-1699. He trav ...

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Alexander van Gaelen Alexander van Gaelen (1670-1728), who was born at Amsterdam, was the scholar of Jan van Huchtenburgh, and, like his master, painted battles and subjects of the chase, which he treated with great fire and spirit. Whilst he was a pupil of Huchtenbu ...

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p. 341 * Jacob Christoph Le Blon p. 342 * Isaac de Moucheron p. 362 *

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

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Gerard Rademaker Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ...

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Gerard Wigmana Gerard Wigmana (27 September 1673, in Workum – 27 May 1741, in Amsterdam), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography In 1697 he painted a curious group portrait of a family dinner, with the title ''Mayor Saco v ...

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Nikolaas Verkolje Nicolaas Verkolje (11 April 1673, Delft – 21 January 1746, Amsterdam), was a Dutch painter and mezzotint maker. Biography According to Houbraken he was the son of Jan Verkolje and the only one of 5 children to carry on his art.