Pieter Jansz van Ruyven (1651,
Delft
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– 1719,
Delft
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), was a
Dutch Golden Age
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painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken he was a pupil of
who became specialized in large decorative pieces for ceilings, and walls. He made the festive triumphal arches for the
joyous entry
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of
William III of England
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in the Hague.
[Pieter Jansz van Ruyven 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 He knew the painter
Adriaen Cornelisz van Linschoten
Adriaen Cornelisz. van Linschoten (1590 in Delft – 1677 in The Hague), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken he was a regent of the Delft Guild of St. Luke (listed as Kornelis Adriaan Linschoten in 1627) and "som ...
as an old man in Delft.
[
According to the RKD he was a pupil of Willem Doudijns and 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 the Hague. Most of his known works are still installed in the buildings for which they were made. Although he is registered in Antwerp and in the Hague when Jacob Jordaens was there, the RKD claims he was also a pupil of Hans IV Jordaens, not Jacques Jordaens.[Pieter Jansz van Ruyven]
in the RKD
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Ceiling painting ''Entry of the Queen of Sheba in Jerusalem''
Possibly by van Ruyven:
File:Pieter Jansz. van Ruyven (possibly, 1651-1719) - Entry of the Queen of Sheba in Jerusalem - Ceiling painting - 1.jpg, Entry of the Queen of Sheba in Jerusalem, 1700-1709.
File:Pieter Jansz. van Ruyven (possibly, 1651-1719) - The continent of Africa, ceiling painting.jpg, Allegory of the continent of Africa, corner piece.
Pieter Jansz. van Ruyven (possibly, 1651-1719) - The continent of America, ceiling painting.jpg, America, corner piece.
Pieter Jansz. van Ruyven (possibly, 1651-1719) - The continent of Asia, ceiling painting.jpg, Asia, corner piece.
Pieter Jansz. van Ruyven (possibly, 1651-1719) - The continent of Europe, ceiling painting.jpg, Europe, corner piece.
References
Pieter Jansz van Ruyven
at the Rijksmuseum
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Pieter Jansz van Ruyven
on Artnet
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External links
Vermeer and The Delft School
a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Pieter Jansz van Ruyven
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1651 births
1719 deaths
Dutch Golden Age painters
Dutch male painters
Painters from Delft
Painters from The Hague