Jan Janszoon de Heem

Dutch Golden Age still-life painter

Jan Janszoon de Heem (bapt. 2 July 1650, Antwerp – after 1695) was a Dutch Golden Age still-life painter and the son of Jan Davidszoon de Heem (1606–1684) and the half-brother of Cornelis de Heem (1631–1995).^[1]^[2] This family of still-life specialists, of which father Jan Davidszoon de Heem is the most significant, had a strong impact on the genre throughout the north and south Netherlands.^[3]

Jan was baptised in Antwerp on 2 July 1650, but was trained by his father in Utrecht.^[1] His works, in fact, are nearly indistinguishable from his father's, and the fact that they both signed them as J de Heem have meant that many paintings in major collections attributed to Jan Davidszoon are actually by Jan Janszoon.^[1]

De Heem family tree

David de Heem the Elder
1570-1632

Jan Davidsz. de Heem
1606-1683

David Davidsz de Heem

David de Heem
1628-?

Cornelis de Heem
1631-1695

Jan Janszoon de Heem
1650-1695

David Cornelisz de Heem
1663-1701

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c Sam Segal, "Jan [Johannes] Jansz. de Heem," Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press [accessed 21 April 2008].
^ Many sources, including the Getty Union name Index, have conflicting information about two Jans, both with the same birth and death dates, but one being the child of the other.)
^ Sam Segal, "Jan Davidsz. de Heem," Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press [accessed 21 April 2008].