Jan Albertsz Rotius: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Latest revision as of 02:42, 30 April 2024

Jan Albertsz. Rotius (20 October 1624 – 1 November 1666 (buried)) was a Dutch painter known for his individual and group portraits, breakfast still lifes, kitchen still lifes and fruit still lifes. He was active in Hoorn and was the father of the flower painter Jacob Rotius.^[1]

Life

Rotius was born in Medemblik, North Holland where he was baptised on 20 October 1624. His baptismal name was 'Albert Jansz. Rootgies', but he later Latinized his name to Rotius, which was garbled by the early Dutch biographer Arnold Houbraken into Roodseus, possibly because in his marriage document he is listed as Rootseijus. Houbraken stated that Rotius was a pupil of Pieter Lastman,^[2] who died in 1633. If he was born in 1624, then he was only 9 years old when Lastman died. Such an apprenticeship therefore seems unlikely. In 1643 he became a member of the Alkmaar Guild of St. Luke, which may point to an initial training in that city.^[1]

He moved to Hoorn in where, according to the local archives, Rotius married Maartje Ambrosiusdr in 1643.^[3] Of their seven children only three would live to adulthood, including the still-life painter Jacob Rotius who was born in Hoorn in 1644.^[4] Houbraken claimed that Jacob was a pupil of Jan Davidsz. de Heem and was quite successful as a flower painter,^[5] but died of "melancholy" at the age of 50.

In his testament dated 16 October 1666, Rotius left all of his prints and drawings to his son Jacob Rotius or Rootius (1644–1682). He died in Hoorn a few days later, aged 42, and was buried in the Grote Kerk in Hoorn.

Civic guard portraits

Rotius's schutterstukken were painted quite soon after similar paintings in Amsterdam were completed by Bartholomeus van der Helst and Govert Flink. Comparative study shows he was influenced by these paintings, and perhaps was encouraged to achieve similar effects by his patrons.

References

^ ^a ^b Jan Aelbertsz. Rotius at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)
^ Jan Albertsz. Roodtseus biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken
^ Trouwboecken der Noorder- en Oosterkerk (Hoorn)
^ H.F. Wijnman, ‘De Stillevenschilder Jacob Rotius, in: Oud Holland XLVII (1930), pp. 60-67 (in Dutch)
^ Christies lot: Grapes, Corn, Flowers by Jacob Rootius

External links

Media related to Paintings by Jan Albertsz. Rotius at Wikimedia Commons
Portraits in the Westfries museum, Hoorn (Type "Rotius".)
Rotius in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

[rkd-1] Jan Aelbertsz. Rotius at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)

[2] Jan Albertsz. Roodtseus biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken

[3] Trouwboecken der Noorder- en Oosterkerk (Hoorn)

[4] H.F. Wijnman, ‘De Stillevenschilder Jacob Rotius, in: Oud Holland XLVII (1930), pp. 60-67 (in Dutch)

[5] Christies lot: Grapes, Corn, Flowers by Jacob Rootius

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{short description|Dutch painter}}
-[[Image:rotius.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Jan Albertsz. Rotius, ''Allegorical family portrait as Spes, Fides and Caritas (Hope, Faith and Charity)'', Kingston Ontario, Agnes Etherington Art Centre.]]
-'''Jan Albertsz. Rotius''' (20 October 1624 &ndash; 1 November 1666 (buried)) was a [[Dutch Golden Age]] portrait painter, and father (and teacher) of the flower painter [[Jacob Rotius]].
+[[Image:Portrait of the family Meyndert Sonck (1626-1675) and Agatha van Neck (1634-1707) and their children, by Jan Albertsz Rotius.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Portrait of the family Meyndert Sonck (1626-1675) and Agatha van Neck (1634-1707) and their children.]]
-== Biography ==
+'''Jan Albertsz. Rotius''' (20 October 1624 &ndash; 1 November 1666 (buried)) was a [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]] painter known for his individual and group portraits, breakfast still lifes, kitchen still lifes and fruit still lifes.  He was active in Hoorn and was the father of the flower painter [[Jacob Rotius]].<ref name=rkd>[https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/68125 Jan Aelbertsz. Rotius] at the [[Netherlands Institute for Art History]] {{in lang|nl}}</ref>
-[[File:Rotius Breakfast.jpg|thumb|left|''Breakfast'', [[National Museum, Warsaw|National Museum]] in [[Warsaw]].]]
-Rotius was born in [[Medemblik]], [[North Holland]].  He was baptized ‘Albert Jansz. Rootgies’, but he later Latinized his name to ''Rotius'', which was garbled by Houbraken into ''Roodseus'', possibly because in his marriage document he is listed as ''Rootseijus''. According to Houbraken, he heard that his portraits were as good as [[Bartholomeus van der Helst]], but he noted that he had been unable to make this judgement with his own eyes and doubted the veracity of this statement himself. He said that his ''[[schutterij|schuttersstukken]]'' were well known, being painted in Hoorn in 1651, '52, and '55, when he was aged 40. This would place his birthdate from between 1612 and 1615, which would fit with his statement that he had been a pupil of [[Pieter Lastman]],<ref>[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_0186.htm Jan Albertsz. Roodtseus biography] in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by [[Arnold Houbraken]], courtesy of the [[Digital library for Dutch literature]]</ref> who died in 1633. If he was born in 1624, then he was only 9 years old when Lastman died, which didn't give him much time to learn from him.
+== Life ==
-According to the Hoorn archives, he married Maartje Ambrosiusdr in 1643.<ref>''Trouwboecken der Noorder- en Oosterkerk'' (Hoorn)</ref> In the same year he became a member of the Alkmaar [[Guild of St. Luke]].<ref>[http://www.rkd.nl/rkddb/dispatcher.aspx?action=search&database=ChoiceArtists&search=priref=68125 Jan Aelbertsz. Rotius] in the [[RKD]]</ref> In his testament dated October 16th, 1666, he left all of his prints and drawings to his son ''Jacob Rotius'' or ''Rootius'' (1644–1682). He died in [[Hoorn]] a few days later, aged 42, and was buried in the Grote Kerk in Hoorn. Of his seven children, only three lived to adulthood. Houbraken claimed that Jacob was a pupil of [[Jan Davidsz. de Heem]] and was quite successful as a flower painter,<ref>[http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?pos=5&intObjectID=5133733&sid= Christies lot: ''Grapes, Corn, Flowers'' by Jacob Rootius]</ref> but died of "melancholy" at the age of 50.
+[[File:Jan Albertsz. Rotius - Kitchen piece.jpg|thumb|270px|left|''Kitchen piece'']]
+Rotius was born in [[Medemblik]], [[North Holland]] where he was baptised on 20 October 1624.  His baptismal name was 'Albert Jansz. Rootgies', but he later Latinized his name to ''Rotius'', which was garbled by the early Dutch biographer [[Arnold Houbraken]] into ''Roodseus'', possibly because in his marriage document he is listed as ''Rootseijus''. Houbraken stated that Rotius was a pupil of [[Pieter Lastman]],<ref>[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_0186.htm Jan Albertsz. Roodtseus biography] in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by [[Arnold Houbraken]]</ref> who died in 1633. If he was born in 1624, then he was only 9 years old when Lastman died. Such an apprenticeship therefore seems unlikely.  In 1643 he became a member of the Alkmaar [[Guild of St. Luke]], which may point to an initial training in that city.<ref name=rkd/>
+He moved to Hoorn in where, according to the local archives, Rotius married Maartje Ambrosiusdr in 1643.<ref>''Trouwboecken der Noorder- en Oosterkerk'' (Hoorn)</ref> Of their seven children only three would live to adulthood, including the still-life painter Jacob Rotius who was born in Hoorn in 1644.<ref>H.F. Wijnman, ‘De Stillevenschilder Jacob Rotius, in: Oud Holland XLVII (1930), pp. 60-67 {{in lang|nl}}</ref>  Houbraken claimed that Jacob was a pupil of [[Jan Davidsz. de Heem]] and was quite successful as a flower painter,<ref>[http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?pos=5&intObjectID=5133733&sid= Christies lot: ''Grapes, Corn, Flowers'' by Jacob Rootius]</ref> but died of "melancholy" at the age of 50.
-==Civic guard portraits==
-[[File:Jan Aelbertsz Rotius - schutterstuk Hoorn 1649.jpg|thumb|First Hoorn schutterstuk by Rotius, 1649]]
-Rotius's schutterstukken were painted quite soon after similar paintings in Amsterdam were completed by van der Helst and [[Govert Flink]]. Comparative study shows he was influenced by these paintings, and perhaps was encouraged to achieve similar effects by his patrons. Hoorn competed with Amsterdam at that time as a seaport.
+In his testament dated 16 October 1666, Rotius left all of his prints and drawings to his son ''Jacob Rotius'' or ''Rootius'' (1644–1682). He died in [[Hoorn]] a few days later, aged 42, and was buried in the Grote Kerk in Hoorn.
-{{Commons category|Jan Albertsz. Rotius}}
+==Civic guard portraits==
-==External links==
+[[File:Jan Aelbertsz Rotius - schutterstuk Hoorn 1649.jpg|thumb|''Hoorn schutterstuk'', 1649]]
-* [http://www.wfm.nl/index.php?option=com_memorix&Itemid=37 Portraits in the Westfries museum, Hoorn] (Type "Rotius".)
+Rotius's schutterstukken were painted quite soon after similar paintings in Amsterdam were completed by [[Bartholomeus van der Helst]] and [[Govert Flink]]. Comparative study shows he was influenced by these paintings, and perhaps was encouraged to achieve similar effects by his patrons.
-* [http://www.artnet.de/artist/14503/jan-albertsz-rootius.html Recently auctioned works]
-* [http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/zoeken/search.jsp?lang=nl&query=rotius&focus=assets Rotius in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam]
-* [http://www.pubhist.com/person/21/jan-albertsz-rotius Works and literature] at PubHist
-=== References ===
+== References ==
 <references />
+==Further reading==
 * {{Aut|B.J.A. Renckens}}, ‘De Hoornse portretschilder Jan Albertsz. Rotius’, in: ''Nederlandsch Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek'' 2 (1948–1949), pp.&nbsp;167–232.
 * {{Aut|B.J.A. Renckens}}, ‘Enkele notities bij het portret van David Pietersz. de Vries’, in: ''Oud Holland'' 76 (1961), pp.&nbsp;113–114.
-* {{Aut|Jan Campo Weyerman}}, ''De leevensbeschryvingen der Nederlandsche Konst-schilders en Konst-schilderessen'', edited by E. Boucquet, H. Scheurleer, F. Boucquet en J. de Jongh, Volume 2, The Hague, 1729, pp. 123-124.
+* {{Aut|Jan Campo Weyerman}}, ''De leevensbeschryvingen der Nederlandsche Konst-schilders en Konst-schilderessen'', edited by E. Boucquet, H. Scheurleer, F. Boucquet en J. de Jongh, Volume 2, The Hague, 1729, pp.&nbsp;123–124.
 * {{Aut|H.F. Wijnman}}, ‘De Stillevenschilder Jacob Rotius, in: ''Oud Holland'' XLVII (1930), pp.&nbsp;60–67.
 * [[Adriaan van der Willigen]] en {{Aut|Fred G. Meijer}}, ''A Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish Still-life Painters Working in Oils, 1525-1725'', Leiden 2003.
-{{Authority control|BPN=38111223}}
+==External links==
-{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
+* {{Commons-inline|Paintings by Jan Albertsz. Rotius}}
-| NAME              = Rotius, Jan Albertsz
+* [http://www.wfm.nl/index.php?option=com_memorix&Itemid=37 Portraits in the Westfries museum, Hoorn] (Type "Rotius".)
-| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
+* [http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/zoeken/search.jsp?lang=nl&query=rotius&focus=assets Rotius in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam]
-| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch painter
-| DATE OF BIRTH     = 20 October 1624
-| PLACE OF BIRTH    =
+{{Authority control (arts)}}
-| DATE OF DEATH     = 1 November 1666
-| PLACE OF DEATH    =
-}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Rotius, Jan Albertsz}}
 [[Category:1624 births]]
@@ Line 43: / Line 39: @@
 [[Category:People from Medemblik]]
 [[Category:People from Hoorn]]
+[[Category:Artists from North Holland]]
 [[Category:Dutch Golden Age painters]]
-[[Category:Members of the Alkmaar Guild of Saint Luke]]
+[[Category:Dutch male painters]]
+[[Category:Painters from Alkmaar]]

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Germany United States
Artists	ULAN RKD Artists
People	Netherlands 2