• Was a Dutch Baroque-era painter, glass painter, draughtsman and printmaker.
• Van der Heyden was specialized in townscapes and architectural paintings.
• He painted a number of still lifes in the beginning and at the end of his career.
• In 1668 Cosimo III de' Medici bought one of his paintings, a view of the townhall with a manipulated perspective.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Corner of a Library, 1711.
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Jan van der Heyden, Corner of a Library, 1711
Jan van der Heyden, Corner of a Library, 1711
Jan van der Heyden, An Architectural Fantasy, c. 1670
Jan van der Heyden, An Architectural Fantasy, c. 1670
Jan van der Heyden, View Down a Dutch Canal, c. 1670
Jan van der Heyden, View Down a Dutch Canal, c. 1670
Jan van der Heyden, The Herengracht, Amsterdam, Viewed from the Leliegracht, c. 1660-70
Original, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Visited in 2018.
Jan van der Heyden, The Herengracht, Amsterdam, Viewed from the Leliegracht, c. 1660-70
Jan van der Heyden, Baroque Palace on a Square with a Church, 1678
Original, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. Visited in 2018.
Jan van der Heyden, A Palatial Garden with Figures Emerging From a Palace, The Roof of the Huis Ten Bosch visible in the Distance
Original, Sotheby`s, New York. Visited in 2020.
Jan van der Heyden, A Palatial Garden with Figures Emerging From a Palace, The Roof of the Huis Ten Bosch visible in the Distance
Jan van der Heyden, St. Victor's Square and Church in Xanten am Rhein (Germany), after 1692
Jan van der Heyden, St. Victor's Square and Church in Xanten am Rhein (Germany), after 1692
Jan van der Heyden, The Dam with the new City Hall in Amsterdam, view taken from the Kalverstraat, 1668
Jan van der Heyden, The Dam with the new City Hall in Amsterdam, view taken from the Kalverstraat, 1668
Jan van der Heyden, Landscape with a peasant family in front of an oratory, before 1672
Jan van der Heyden, Landscape with a peasant family in front of an oratory, before 1672
Jan van der Heyden, View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam, about 1667-70
Jan van der Heyden, View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam, about 1667-70
Jan van der Heyden, View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam, about 1667-70
Jan van der Heyden, Loenerslot Castle in Holland, ca. 1665 – 1670
Jan van der Heyden, Loenerslot Castle in Holland, ca. 1665 – 1670
