Jozef Oostfries (1628–1661) was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands which roughly lasted from 1588, when the Dutch Republic was established, to 1672, when the '' Rampjaar'' occurred. During this period, Dutch trade, scientific development ...

glass painter.

Biography

Oostfries was born in

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. According to Houbraken he was a pupil of the glasspainter

Jan Maartz Engelsman Jan Maertz Engelsman (1593 in Hoorn – 1654 in Alkmaar), was a Dutch Golden Age painter and member of the Hoorn city council. According to Houbraken he was a glasspainter who taught Josef Oostfries.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.

, who kept up her drawing and glass painting into her seventies.Jozef Oostfries Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

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 ...

, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature His pupil was

Jan Slob Jan Janz Slop, or Jan Slob (1643 in Edam – 1727), was a Dutch Golden Age 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 Houbrak ...

References

Jozef Oostfries in Catharina Oostfries biography
on

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stained glass window in church
of

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