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Jan Linsen (Hoorn, 1602 or 1603 – Hoorn, May 26, 1635) was a Dutch painter of mythological and historical themes.

Jan Linsen travelled in France and Italy on a Grand Tour, and in Rome he became a member of the painters' circle known as the Bentvueghels, with the nickname Hermafrodito. While on a ship bound homewards from Italy, he was captured by Moorish pirates. He was ransomed for 20 pieces of silver, which was paid by his company. He later painted a scene of this encounter that still hung in Hoorn when Arnold Houbraken was writing. He died young, according to Houbraken, due to an argument in a bar, where he was stabbed to death by a man whom he claimed to have loved and forgave before he died of the wound.

References

• (in Dutch) Jan Linsen biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature

External links

• recently auctioned works by Jan Linsen

На других языках

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[de] Jan Linsen

Jan Linsen (* um 1602/03 wahrscheinlich in Hoorn; † 26. Mai 1635 in Hoorn) war ein holländischer Maler.

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- [en] Jan Linsen

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[fr] Jan Linsen

Jan Linsen (né vraisemblablement à Hoorn, vers 1602/1603[1] - Hoorn, mai 1635) est un peintre et dessinateur néerlandais (Provinces-unies) du siècle d'or.

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[it] Jan Linsen

Jan Linsen (Hoorn, 1602 – Hoorn, 1635) è stato un pittore olandese del secolo d'oro.

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