Jan Maertz Engelsman

Jan Maertz Engelsman (1593, Hoorn – 1654, Alkmaar), was a Dutch Golden Age painter and member of the Hoorn city council.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was a glasspainter who taught Josef Oostfries.[1] [1] He was also known as Jan Jansz Engelsman or simply Jan Maertsz, and was a member of the Hoorn council from 1594 to 1618.[2] He is mentioned in Theodorus Velius' Chronyk van Hoorn. Stained glass windows by him are registered in Alkmaar, Zuid-Schermer, Broek in Waterland, and Etershem.[3] According to the RKD he was a glasspainter who signed his works "IME".[4] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 (Dutch) Jan Maartz in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. ↑ Jan Jansz. Engelsman in historici.nl
  3. ↑ Voormalige Glasschilderingen zoo te Alkmaar als door Alkmaar elders geschonken, P.J. Glasz., Oud Holland, V26, 1908, on Google books
  4. 1 2 Jan Maartz in the RKD
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