Jan van Ravenswaay (28 November 1789, Hilversum - 2 March 1869, Hilversum) was a 19th-century landscape painter from the Northern Netherlands. He was born in the town of Hilversum

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Jan van Ravenswaay
Shepherd with his flock in the stall
Born	1789 Hilversum
Died	Hilversum
Nationality	Dutch

Biography

Ravenswaay was the son of a cotton mill owner in Hilversum. He studied drawing with Jordanus Hoorn in Amstersfoort, before following lessons from Pieter Gerardus van Os.[1] He traveled in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland before becoming a member of the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam.[1] He won an honorable mention for a landscape in a competition at Felix Meritis in 1818.[1] In 1832, Jan became a member of the artist society Arti Sacrum in Rotterdam.[1]

Noteworthy among his pupils were Jacobus Theodorus Abels and Remigius Adrianus Haanen.[1][nb 1] His niece Adriana van Ravenswaay also became a painter.

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External links

• Jan van Ravenswaay on Artnet

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