Jan van Bijlert (1597 - 1671) — Auction price
Jan Hermansz. van Bijlert, or Jan van Bijlert, or Giovanni Bilardo, is a Dutch painter of the Dutch Golden Age, considered one of the Caravaggio school in Utrecht. He spent about four years in Italy and was one of the founders of the Bentvueghels circle of northern artists in Rome, where he was nicknamed Aeneas. Van Beilert was one of the most famous artists of the city of Utrecht. He mainly painted religious and mythological scenes, genre scenes of public places and musical parties, but he was also a portraitist.
Jan Hermansz. van Bijlert, or Jan van Bijlert, or Giovanni Bilardo, is a Dutch painter of the Dutch Golden Age, considered one of the Caravaggio school in Utrecht. He spent about four years in Italy and was one of the founders of the Bentvueghels circle of northern artists in Rome, where he was nicknamed Aeneas. Van Beilert was one of the most famous artists of the city of Utrecht. He mainly painted religious and mythological scenes, genre scenes of public places and musical parties, but he was also a portraitist.
Jan Hermansz. van Bijlert, or Jan van Bijlert, or Giovanni Bilardo, is a Dutch painter of the Dutch Golden Age, considered one of the Caravaggio school in Utrecht. He spent about four years in Italy and was one of the founders of the Bentvueghels circle of northern artists in Rome, where he was nicknamed Aeneas. Van Beilert was one of the most famous artists of the city of Utrecht. He mainly painted religious and mythological scenes, genre scenes of public places and musical parties, but he was also a portraitist.
