The brothers Jan Symonsz Pynas (c. 1583, Alkmaar - buried December 27, 1631, Amsterdam)[1] and Jacob Symonsz Pynas (c. 1592, Haarlem or Amsterdam - after 1650, Delft?) were Dutch painters of the Baroque period. Their sister Meynsge married the artist Jan Tengnagel in 1611.[2] Jacob may have briefly been a teacher of the Dutch master painter, Rembrandt, and the Pynas brothers are both a noted influence on him.[3] The Pynas brothers were grouped within Dutch artists called the Pre-Rembrandtists.
Their work is close in style to the painter Adam Elsheimer, and there has been a history of mis-attribution between the three, where the Pynas brothers are known to have signed their works "J. Pynas."[4]
Selected Works (Jan)
* 1605 - Raising of Lazarus, (Aschaffenburg)
* 1610 - Moses Turning Water into Blood, (Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam)
* 1613 - Dismissal of Hagar, (Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen)
* 1618 - Jacob Being Shown Joseph’s Bloodstained Robe (Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg)
* 1618 - Joseph Selling Corn in Egypt, (London)
Selected Works (Jacob)
* 1618 - Mercury and Herse, Oil on Copper, (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)
* 1618 - Landscape with Mercury and Battus, Oil on Canvas, (Wiener collection, New York)
* 1628 - Mountain Landscape with Narcissus, Oil on Wood, (National Gallery, London)[1]
* 17th century - Paul and Barnabas at Lystra, Oil on Wood, (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City)[2]
* 17th century - Sacrifice of Isaac, Pen, ink and watercolour on paper, (Courtauld Institute of Art, London)[3]
* 17th century - Sacrifice of Gideon, Watercolour and chalk on paper, (Courtauld Institute of Art, London)[4]
* 17th century - Christ and the lawyer, Chalk on paper, (Courtauld Institute of Art, London)[5]
* 17th century - Apollo and Daphne, Pen and Ink on paper, (Courtauld Institute of Art, London)[6]
* 17th century - The Good Samaritan, Oil on Copper, (Louvre, Paris) du Musée Jeanne d'Aboville de La Fère, dans l'Aisne.
* 17th century - The Flight into Egypt, Oil, (Louvre, Paris)
* 17th century - The Canaanite woman kissing the bottom of Jesus's robe, drawing, (Louvre, Paris)
* 17th century - Landscape with Juno, Minerva, Venus, Paris and Cupid, Ink drawing, (Louvre, Paris)
References
1. ^ Jan Pynas at Netherlands Institute for Art History
2. ^ Entry on Pynas Family in the Grove Dictionary of Art at www.artnet.com
3. ^ Kren and Marx, Entry on Jan Pynas at the Web Gallery of Art
4. ^ Kren and Marx, Comments on Landscape with Mercury and Battus at the Web Gallery of Art
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