Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten
Dutch marine and war scene painter
Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten was a Dutch painter of marine art and landscapes, particularly of events of the First Anglo-Dutch War and Dutch-Swedish War. There is some confusion about the identity of four landscape painters named Beerstraaten; Johannes, this Jan Abrahamsz, Abraham, and Anthonie. Jan Abrahamsz, painter, married in Amsterdam on 30 August 1642. From this marriage eleven children were born, and when he married a second time in 1665, a daughter was born. Currently, The RKD records Johannes as the same person, and Abraham Beerstraaten is considered to be his oldest son. Anthonie Beerstraaten was related to this painter. The RKD has registered two paintings signed Anthonie van Beerstraten: one is a view of a southern seaport from 1664 (currently location Enkhuizen) and the other a view of a church in Aarlanderveen in the former city hall of Alphen aan den Rijn. Based on these two paintings C. Hofstede de Groot an early Dutch art historian, classified paintings signed A. Beerstraaten as by Anthonie if they were a poorer grade than ones already attributed to Abraham.
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- Abraham Beerstraaten Child
- Anthonie Beerstraaten Child
Artworks by this artist (14 total)
- View of the Church of Sloten in the Winter 1640 - 1666
- The Battle of Terheide 1653 - 1666
- The Ruins of the Old Town Hall of Amsterdam after the Fire of 7 July 1652 1652 - 1666
- The Paalhuis and the Nieuwe Brug, Amsterdam, in the Winter 1640 - 1666
- Amsterdam, A View Of The Heiligewegspoort From The North-West, With Skaters On A Frozen Canal
- Dutch Ships in a Foreign Port 1658
- Warmond Castle in a Winter Landscape
- A Harbour Scene With A Man-Of-War And Other Shipping, Figures Conversing On The Shore
- Winter landscape with skaters on a frozen river
- Dutch ship in an exotic port
- A Capriccio Of A Mediterranean Port
- Skating at Sloten, near Amsterdam
- The Heiligewegs Gate, Amsterdam 1665
- By the Seaside