Jacob Pynas Explained

Jacob Symonsz. Pynas (1592 or 1593  - after 1650) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman. He is best known for having briefly taught the painter Rembrandt in 1625.

Biography

Pynas was born in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic in 1592 or 1593.[1] [2] He was one of nine children born to Symon Jansz. Brouwer, a wealthy Catholic merchant from Alkmaar, and Oude Neel Jacobsdr van Harencarspel.[3] Symon Brouwer adopted the name Pynas (Dutch; Flemish: pinas, 'pinnance') in 1594 after purchasing a property in the center of Amsterdam called 'At the Sign of the Pinnance'.[4]

According to Arnold Houbraken, a contemporary engraver and biographer, Rembrandt studied with Pynas for a few months in 1625 following his apprenticeship with the painter Pieter Lastman before opening his own studio in Leiden.[5]

According to the RKD he was the brother of Jan Pynas who travelled to Italy.[6] Their sister Meynsge married the artist Jan Tengnagel in 1611.[7] Though Jacob is known for scenes of Italy, these paintings could have been based on sketches brought back by his brother Jan and it is not certain that Jacob travelled to Italy.[6] Pynas became a citizen of Delft in 1631 and joined the St. Luke's Guild the following year. He remained there until 1639 when he returned to Amsterdam.[8] He became the teacher of Bartholomeus Breenberg.[6]

The Pynas brothers were grouped within Dutch artists called the Pre-Rembrandtists. Their work is close in style to the painter Adam Elsheimer, and there has been a history of mis-attribution between the three, where the Pynas brothers are known to have signed their works "J. Pynas."[9]

Pynas died sometime after 1650 in Amsterdam.

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Notes and References

  1. Bredius . Abraham . Abraham Bredius . 1935 . Aanteekeningen omtrent de schilders Jan en Jacob Pynas . Notes concerning the artists Jan and Jacob Pynas . Oud-Holland . Dutch . 52 . 252–258 . JSTOR.
  2. Schatborn . Peter . 1997 . Tekeningen van de gebroeders Jan en Jacob Pynas: II. Jacob Pynas . Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum . Dutch . Stichting het Rijksmuseum . 45 . 1 . 3–25 . JSTOR.
  3. Encyclopedia: Tümpel . Astrid . 2003 . Pynas family . https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000070173 . 7 August 2023 . Grove Art Online . Oxford University Press. 10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T070173 . 978-1-884446-05-4 . subscription.
  4. Book: Liedtke, Walter . Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art . . 2007 . 9781588392732 . I . 535–538 . 7 August 2023.
  5. Book: Houbraken, Arnold . De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen . The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters . 1718–1721 . I . Dutch . The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters and Paintresses . Rembrandt van Rijn . https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_0129.php.
  6. https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/65169 Jacob Symonsz. Pynas
  7. http://www.artnet.com/library/07/0701/T070173.asp Entry on Pynas Family in the Grove Dictionary of Art at www.artnet.com
  8. Book: de Witt, David . The Bader Collection: Dutch and Flemish Paintings . . 2008 . 978-1-55339-094-7 . Kingston, Ontario . 255–260 . 7 August 2023.
  9. http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/p/pynas/jacob/index.html Kren and Marx, Comments on Landscape with Mercury and Battus at the Web Gallery of Art

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