Jan Willemszoon van der Wilde (1586, Leiden – 1636, Leeuwarden), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography edit
According to Houbraken he was a good portrait painter and a contemporary of Wybrand de Geest.[1]
According to the RKD he was influenced by Cornelis Jacobsz Delff.[2] He is known both for portraits and still life paintings.[2] In 1617 he married Sytske Joostedr in Leeuwarden, the widow of Simon Fredrix.[3]
References edit
- ^ (in Dutch) J. de Wilde mentioned in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ^ a b Jan Willemsz. van der Wilde in the RKD
- ^ Van der Aa, part 20, page 199