Artist

Jan Goedart

Portrait of Jan Goedart
Portrait of Jan Goedart

Dutch, 1617–1668

Jan Goedart was a Dutch Dutch Golden Age artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum. Jan Goedart was born in Middelburg.

Johannes Goedaert (also spelled Goetaart, Goedhart, Goedaard or Jean Goedart in French) (19 March 1617 (baptized) – 15 January 1668 (buried)) was a Dutch naturalist, entomologist and painter, famous for his illustrations of the growth and metamorphosis of insects published in a three volume work as Metamorphosis Naturalis. He was one of the earliest authors on entomology and first to write on the insects of the Netherlands and Europe, based on his own observations and experiments between 1635 and 1667.

Works by Jan Goedart

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