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Artists›Jan de Bisschop

Jan de Bisschop

Dutch Republic, 1628–1671

WA-00023405

Amsterdam

DrawingBaroque

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WikidataQ12053160

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About

Why this artist matters now

Jan de Bisschop was a Dutch draughtsman and printmaker of the seventeenth century, known for his detailed pen-and-ink studies after classical sculpture and Old Master paintings. Working in Amsterdam during the mid-1600s, he produced instructional drawing manuals that circulated widely among artists, establishing him as an influential theorist of artistic practice. His etchings and drawings served both as records of antiquity and as pedagogical tools for the training of younger artists in proportional and compositional principles.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 8d ago

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Baroque

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Rijksmuseum National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (22)

Colosseum te Rome en enkele gebouwen in de nabijheid

1648 · brush on paper, ink

width: 208 cm, height: 124 cm

Rijksmuseum

Drapery on a Table

1648 · brush on paper, chalk

width: 252 cm, height: 208 cm

Rijksmuseum

Vrouw bij een altaar

1648 · brush on paper, chalk

height: 187 cm, width: 170 cm

Rijksmuseum

Deel van de thermen van Diocletianus en S. Bernardo alle Terme

1648 · brush on paper

width: 320 cm, height: 203 cm

Rijksmuseum

Tusculum (Frascati) vanuit het Zuidwesten

1648 · brush on chalk, paper

height: 98 cm, width: 156 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Seated Woman with Book

1648 · Etching on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Plate: 22.1 × 14.4 cm (8 3/4 × 5 11/16 in.); Sheet: 23.5 × 15.3 cm (9 5/16 × 6 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bergachtig landschap in Italië

1648 · brush on paper, chalk

height: 98 cm, width: 155 cm

Rijksmuseum

Sater, gedragen door twee putti en een jongeman

1648 · brush on chalk, paper

height: 179 cm, width: 228 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Coronation of the Virgin and The Flight into Egypt

1648 · Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Primary/secondary supports: 37 × 27.2 cm (14 5/8 × 10 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study after The Dying Gaul Killing His Wife and Himself

1648 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper

26.1 × 19.6 cm (10 5/16 × 7 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jean Leclerc

1648 · Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper

20.6 × 16.1 cm (8 1/8 × 6 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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View of the "Palazzo Maggiore" on the Palatine Hill, Rome

1648 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink

sheet: 3 3/4 x 6 3/16 in. (9.6 x 15.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A Path in the "Haagse Bos", The Hague

1648 · Pen and brown ink, brown wash; framing lines in pen and brown ink

sheet: 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (9.9 x 14.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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View of the Dunes at Scheveningen

1648 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash; framing lines in pen and brown ink, probably by a later hand

sheet: 3 13/16 x 6 in. (9.7 x 15.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Mercury Lulling Argus to Sleep in a Landscape

1648 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash

11 x 8 13/16 in. (27.9 x 22.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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View of Buildings and Linden Trees in Rijswijk

1648 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, gray wash, possibly added by a later hand; framing lines in pen and brown ink

3 3/4 x 6 in. (9.5 x 15.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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View of a Village ("Wasschout"?)

1648 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash

3 3/4 x 6 in. (9.5 x 15.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A Sunken Track with Travelers outside Brussels

1644 · Black lead, brush and brown and gray wash, black ink framing lines

Sheet: 3 3/4 × 6 1/16 in. (9.5 × 15.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Hercules after the antique

1640

sheet: 8 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (22.2 x 11.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A View of Savelli near Albano

1628 · brush and brown ink with touches of gray and yellow wash

Overall: 9.6 x 15.9 cm (3 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.) support: 18.4 x 25.3 cm (7 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Nicolaes Pietersz Tulp

1628 · etching on laid paper

plate: 18.4 × 13.7 cm (7 1/4 × 5 3/8 in.) sheet: 19.2 × 14.6 cm (7 9/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Windmill Near the Hague

1618 · Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, perimeter mounted to blue-gray laid paper

10.3 × 15.5 cm (4 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

22 published of 22 catalogued · 13 with image

The Met
8 published
Rijksmuseum
7 published7 img
Art Institute Chicago
5 published4 img
Nga
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Colosseum te Rome en enkele gebouwen in de nabijheid
1648 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Drapery on a Table
1648 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Vrouw bij een altaar
1648 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Deel van de thermen van Diocletianus en S. Bernardo alle Terme
1648 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Tusculum (Frascati) vanuit het Zuidwesten
1648 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Bergachtig landschap in Italië
1648 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Sater, gedragen door twee putti en een jongeman
1648 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Rijksmuseum National Gallery of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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