Jan Baptist van Heil

Jan Baptist van Heil

Jan Baptist van Heil in Het Gulden Cabinet
Born Jean Baptiste
1609
Brussels
Died 1685 (aged 7576)
Brussels
Nationality Flanders
Known for Painting
Movement Baroque

Jan Baptist van Heil (1604 in Brussels –1685) was a Flemish Baroque painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken, who summarized a poem about his work by Cornelis de Bie, Jan Baptist van Heil was a Flemish portrait painter who was considered the best of three famous brothers; his brother Leo van Heil was a painter of flowers and insects, while his brother Daniel van Heil painted winter scenes and burning cities.[1]

According to the RKD, he was a portrait painter active in Brussels, but no known work survives by him.[2]

References

  1. (Dutch) Jan Baptist van Heil biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. Jan Baptist van Heil in the RKD
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