Artist
Jacob Adriaensz Backer
Dutch Golden Age portrait, 1608–1651
Jacob Adriaensz Backer was a Dutch Golden Age portrait Dutch Golden Age painter. 45 works are cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum, most of them oil paintings. Jacob Adriaensz Backer was born in Harlingen.
Old Woman in an Armchair
Portrait of an Old Woman
The regents of the Nieuwe Zijds institute for the outdoor relief of the poor, Amsterdam, ca 1650
Officers and other Civic Guardsmen of the V District in Amsterdam under the command of Captain Cornelis de Graeff and Lieutenant Hendrick Lauwrensz
The Garden of Eden
The superintendents of the Collegium Medicum in Amsterdam
Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608 – 27 August 1651) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He produced about 140 paintings in twenty years, including portraits, religious subjects, and mythological paintings. In his style, he was influenced by Wybrand de Geest, Rubens and Abraham Bloemaert. He is also noted for his drawings of male and female nudes.
Works by Jacob Adriaensz Backer
- Old Woman in an Armchair
- Portrait of an Old Woman
- The regents of the Nieuwe Zijds institute for the outdoor relief of the poor, Amsterdam, ca 1650
- Officers and other Civic Guardsmen of the V District in Amsterdam under the command of Captain Cornelis de Graeff and Lieutenant Hendrick Lauwrensz
- The Garden of Eden
- The superintendents of the Collegium Medicum in Amsterdam
Portrait of a man in armor (self-portrait)
Portrait of Daniel Nellius, elder of the Remonstrant church and sampling official of Alkmaar
Johannes Uyttenbogaert (1557-1644). Remonstrant minister in The Hague
The Superintendents of the Collegium Medicum in Amsterdam, 1683
Jan Lutma (1584/85-1669). Amsterdam silversmith
Portrait of Sara de Bie
Collections represented
- Portrait of a man in armor (self-portrait)
- Portrait of Daniel Nellius, elder of the Remonstrant church and sampling official of Alkmaar
- Johannes Uyttenbogaert (1557-1644). Remonstrant minister in The Hague
- The Superintendents of the Collegium Medicum in Amsterdam, 1683
- Jan Lutma (1584/85-1669). Amsterdam silversmith
- Portrait of Sara de Bie
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