Jan van der Lijs explained

Jan van der Lijs (1600 in Breda  - 1657 in Rotterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was the best pupil of Cornelis van Poelenburch, whose works were often confused with those of his master.^[1]

According to the RKD he is known as a pupil of Cornelis van Poelenburch whose only known work today is a drawing in the manner of Jan Both in the collection of the Noordbrabants Museum.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Joan vander Lis in Kornelis Poelenburg Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
2. https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/366664 Jan van der Lijs