Jan Asselijn
The Threatened Swan
c. 1650
A verified collection highlight at Rijksmuseum: Jan Asselijn, c. 1650. Oil on canvas.
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Jan Asselijn
b. 1610, Dieppe, France · Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1652)
- Apprenticed under Esaias van de Velde and Jan Martszen de Jonge
- Oil Painting
- Drawing
Jan Asselijn was a prominent Dutch Golden Age landscape and animal painter renowned for Italianate pastoral views bathed in golden southern light and his masterwork The Threatened Swan at the Rijksmuseum.
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