Jan de Bray
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Jan de Bray (ca.1627, Haarlem - ca. Apr 1, 1697, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter.
De Bray was the son and pupil of Salomon de Bray, an architect and a poet. He spent most of his career working in Haarlem, where he was for many years dean of the painters' guild. As in Utrecht most of the painters in Haarlem remained of the Catholic religion. Jan de Bray had to cope with death many times. Part of his family died of the plague. His three wives died within a few years of the marriage. His sister Cornelia married Jan Lievens.
Jan de Bray was influenced by Van der Helst and Hals. De Bray's best works are portraits of individuals and groups. In 1689 he was declared bankrupt as a Haarlem citizen and he moved to Amsterdam, where he stayed until his death. He was buried in Haarlem on April 4 1697.
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- Jan De Bray and the Classical Tradition at the National Gallery of Art
- Netherlands Institute for Art History
- See Sources.
