Jan Claesz Rietschoof (1651–1719) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of seascapes.
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Born | Jan Claesz (1652-05-21)21 May 1652 |
Died | 3 November 1719(1719-11-03) (aged 67) |
Nationality | Netherlands |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Baroque seascapes |
According to Houbraken he learned painting first from Abraham Liedts, and later from the renowned seascape painter Ludolf Bakhuizen.[1]
His paintings today hang in various museums in the Netherlands. He taught his son Hendrik Rietschoof (1678–1747) how to paint; Hendrik's seascape and seaport drawings are online at the Amsterdam archives. In Hoorn he was a contemporary of the flower painter Jacob Rootius, who was the son of the influential schutterstuk painter Jan Albertsz Rotius.
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