Jan Jansz. de Stomme

Self-portrait

Jan Jansz. de Stomme (1615, Franeker – 1658, Groningen), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.

Biography

According to the RKD he was the son of a burgemeester of Franeker and became the pupil of Wybrand de Geest.^[1] He moved to Groningen in 1642 and nothing is known of him after 1658, when his daughter Pietertien had guardians appointed to look after her.^[1]

According to a family history he may have been a pupil of Rembrandt.^[2] The Groninger Museum has works by him.^[3]

Portrait of a girl, formerly attributed to Jan Jansz de Stomme
Twin girls aged 4 in 1654

References

1 2 Jan Jansz. de Stomme in the RKD
↑ "Franeker story about Jan Jansz de Stomme in the Franeker museum website with two self-portraits". Museummartena.nl. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
↑ "Jan Jansz de Stomme on Vereniging Rembrandt". Verenigingrembrandt.nl. Retrieved 2013-03-06.

Jan Jansz. de Stomme on Artnet
J.J. de Stomme, een 17e-eeuwse schilder in Groningen, J. Stratingh, Groningen, 1984.

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[RKD-1] 1 2 Jan Jansz. de Stomme in the RKD

[2] "Franeker story about Jan Jansz de Stomme in the Franeker museum website with two self-portraits". Museummartena.nl. Retrieved 2013-03-06.

[3] "Jan Jansz de Stomme on Vereniging Rembrandt". Verenigingrembrandt.nl. Retrieved 2013-03-06.