Jan Wandelaar (14 April 1690, Amsterdam – 26 March 1759, Leiden), was an 18th-century painter, illustrator and engraver from the Northern Netherlands.
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Biography edit
Wandelaar trained under Jacob Folkema, Gillem van der Gouwen, and Gérard de Lairesse, and made a name in anatomical art after drawing for Fredrik Ruysch. He was due to work for Arend Cant who died before work could begin.[1] According to Johan van Gool he engraved paintings by Huchtenburg.[2]
According to the RKD he was a pupil of Johannes Jacobsz Folkema, Gilliam van der Gouwen, and Gerard de Lairesse.[3] He became the teacher of Pieter Lyonet and Abraham Delfos.[3]
Furthermore, he illustrated and engraved the images for Bernhard Siegfried Albinus's Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani which included illustrations of the rhinoceros Clara on the background.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Wilson-Pauwels, Linda (2009). "Jan Wandelaar, Bernard Siegfried Albinus and an Indian Rhinoceros Named Clara Set High Standards as the Process of Anatomical Illustration Entered a New Phase of Precision, Artistic Beauty, and Marketing in the 18th Century" (PDF). Journal of Biological Communication. 35 (1): E10–E17.
- ^ (in Dutch) Jan Wandelaar, Part 2, page 189 in Nieuwe Schouburg (with painter index), (1750) by Jan van Gool, in the Institute of Dutch History
- ^ a b Jan Wandelaar in the RKD