Jelle Reyners Explained

Jelle Reyners (1600 in Friesland  - 1634 in Friesland), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was a good glass painter who lived in the period of Wybrand de Geest. A stained glass window by his hand depicting the Flight into Egypt was commissioned by the carpenter's guild for their church in Sneek.^[1] Of this glass it was said that it could rival the works of the Crabeth brothers in Gouda.^[1]

According to the RKD he was a draughtsman who possibly made drawings of the funeral of Ernst Casimir in 1632.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Jelle Reiniers in Wybrand de Geest biography, V1, p 149 in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
2. Jelle Reyners in the RKD
3. [Van der Aa]