Landscape with farm animals and peasants

Jan Vermeer van Haarlem, or Jan van der Meer II (1656 – May 28, 1705[1]) was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Haarlem. A landscape painter primarily, he was baptized there on November 29, 1656.[1]

Biography

According to the RKD he was taught by his father, the landscape painter Jan Vermeer van Haarlem the Elder and became a follower of Nicolaes Berchem.[2] He was the brother of the painters Isaac and Barend, and married the sister of Cornelis Dusart.[2] He seems to have spent some time in Amsterdam but was back in Haarlem in 1681-1683 where he married and joined the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke.[2] He is known for italianate landscapes in the manner of his father and Berchem, and signed his works "J v der meer de jonge" (Jan van der Meer the Younger).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Champlin, John Denison; Perkins, Charles Callahan (1913). Cyclopedia of painters and paintings. C. Scribner's sons. p. 233. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Jan van der Meer (II) in the RKD
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