Jan Weenix. Jan Weenix or Joannis Wenix was a Dutch painter.
He was trained by his father, Jan Baptist Weenix, together with his cousin Melchior d'Hondecoeter. Like his father, he painted various subjects, but is mostly known for his paintings of dead game and hunting scenes.
Many paintings in this genre were formerly ascribed to the elder Weenix, but are now generally considered to be the work of the son. The Binnen Amstel, Weenix lived at the waterfront behind the house in the middle.
Jan Weenix was born in Amsterdam according to his notice of marriage in 1679 but his date of birth is not exactly known as the baptismal record of this catholic church did not survive. Between 1643 and 1647 his father worked in Italy, but the family moved to Utrecht around 1649.
His father subsequently moved into a castle near Vleuten, but died rather young in 1659. By the age of twenty Jan Weenix rivalled and later surpassed his father in breadth of treatment and richness of colour. Jan Weenix was a member of the Utrecht guild of painters in 1664 and 1668. Marriage and children In 1679, Jan Weenix married the 20-year-old Pieternella Backers. Between 1680 and 1700, the couple had 13 children who were baptized in a hidden church. At least four were sons-Jan Baptista, Willem Ignatius, Jacobus, Nicolaes Andreas-and two were daughters: Sara and Maria Weenix. In 1697 he painted a portrait of Peter the Great, vis
He was trained by his father, Jan Baptist Weenix, together with his cousin Melchior d'Hondecoeter. Like his father, he painted various subjects, but is mostly known for his paintings of dead game and hunting scenes.
Many paintings in this genre were formerly ascribed to the elder Weenix, but are now generally considered to be the work of the son. The Binnen Amstel, Weenix lived at the waterfront behind the house in the middle.
Jan Weenix was born in Amsterdam according to his notice of marriage in 1679 but his date of birth is not exactly known as the baptismal record of this catholic church did not survive. Between 1643 and 1647 his father worked in Italy, but the family moved to Utrecht around 1649.
His father subsequently moved into a castle near Vleuten, but died rather young in 1659. By the age of twenty Jan Weenix rivalled and later surpassed his father in breadth of treatment and richness of colour. Jan Weenix was a member of the Utrecht guild of painters in 1664 and 1668. Marriage and children In 1679, Jan Weenix married the 20-year-old Pieternella Backers. Between 1680 and 1700, the couple had 13 children who were baptized in a hidden church. At least four were sons-Jan Baptista, Willem Ignatius, Jacobus, Nicolaes Andreas-and two were daughters: Sara and Maria Weenix. In 1697 he painted a portrait of Peter the Great, vis
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