BACKER, Jacob Adriaensz.

Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1608-1651 Backer was born in Harlingen, but his family moved soon (in 1611) to Amsterdam. Between 1627 and 1633 he and Govert Flinck were pupils of Lambert Jacobsz in Leeuwarden. In 1633 he returned to Amsterdam, where he remained until his death. His extreme quickness in painting portraits has been particularly noticed, and it is said by his Amsterdam colleague Joachim von Sandrart that he completely finished, in one day, the half length portrait of a lady in full dress, even so early, that she was able to return the same day to Haarlem. Besides being an important portrait painter - some 70 portraits can be attributed to him with certainty, among them the 1642 Company of Cornelis de Graeff voor de Nieuwe Doelen in Amsterdam, on the same wall as Rembrandt's Night Watch - Backer was an excellent painter of religious and mythological paintings. He was especially interested in pastoral subjects, themes from contemporary history, like the huge Crowning of Mirtillo from 1641 in the Brukenthal collection in Sibiu (250 x 250 cm.). In fact, Backer was a leading artist in Amsterdam until his premature death in 1651.


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BACKER, Jacob Adriaensz. The Hearing f oil


The Hearing f
Painting ID::  4895
The Hearing f
c. 1635 Oil on wood, 73 x 62 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
   
   
     

BACKER, Jacob Adriaensz. Granida and Daifilo oil


Granida and Daifilo
Painting ID::  67646
Granida and Daifilo
Technique Oil on canvas Dimensions 125x161.5 cm
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BACKER, Jacob Adriaensz. Granida and Daifilo oil


Granida and Daifilo
Painting ID::  71439
Granida and Daifilo
Date c. 1636 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 125x161.5 cm
   
   
     

BACKER, Jacob Adriaensz. Portrait of a Man oil


Portrait of a Man
Painting ID::  73952
Portrait of a Man
Date between 1635(1635) and 1639(1639) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 75.6 X 65.1 cm (29.76 X 25.63 in) cyf
   
   
     

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     BACKER, Jacob Adriaensz.
     Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1608-1651 Backer was born in Harlingen, but his family moved soon (in 1611) to Amsterdam. Between 1627 and 1633 he and Govert Flinck were pupils of Lambert Jacobsz in Leeuwarden. In 1633 he returned to Amsterdam, where he remained until his death. His extreme quickness in painting portraits has been particularly noticed, and it is said by his Amsterdam colleague Joachim von Sandrart that he completely finished, in one day, the half length portrait of a lady in full dress, even so early, that she was able to return the same day to Haarlem. Besides being an important portrait painter - some 70 portraits can be attributed to him with certainty, among them the 1642 Company of Cornelis de Graeff voor de Nieuwe Doelen in Amsterdam, on the same wall as Rembrandt's Night Watch - Backer was an excellent painter of religious and mythological paintings. He was especially interested in pastoral subjects, themes from contemporary history, like the huge Crowning of Mirtillo from 1641 in the Brukenthal collection in Sibiu (250 x 250 cm.). In fact, Backer was a leading artist in Amsterdam until his premature death in 1651.

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