Jacob van der Roer van Dordrecht
Jacob van der Roer van Dordrecht (1613, Dordrecht – 1691, Dordrecht), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.
Biography[]
According to Houbraken, who mentioned him in passing with a list of painters from Dordrecht, he first learned from Cornelis Bisschop, and later became a pupil of Jan de Baen, who taught him portrait painting.[1] He travelled to London and couldn't compete with Godfrey Kneller as a portrait painter, but Kneller hired him to paint clothing and less important parts of Kneller's paintings.[2] Roer van Dordrecht returned to Dordt and later died in the Gasthuis there.[2]
According to the RKD he was a pupil of Godfrey Kneller and is only known as a draughtsman of decorations on title pages.[3]
References[]
- ^ (in Dutch) Jacob van der Roer van Dordrecht Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ^ Jump up to: a b Jacob van de Roer in Abraham van der Aa
- ^ Jacob van der Roer van Dordrecht in the RKD
Categories:
- 1613 births
- 1691 deaths
- Dutch Golden Age painters
- Dutch male painters
- Dutch portrait painters
- Artists from Dordrecht