Jacob van Swanenburgh

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Dutch Golden Age painter human painter

Jacob van Swanenburgh was a Dutch painter of the early 17th century, known for his atmospheric cityscapes and infernal scenes and for having taught the young Rembrandt.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch Golden Age painter → human → painter →
artisticFocus	architectural settings → dramatic light effects → visions of hell and the underworld →
countryOfCitizenship	Dutch Republic →
dateOfBirth	1571 →
dateOfDeath	1638 →
ethnicGroup	Dutch →
father	Isaac Claesz. van Swanenburg →
fieldOfWork	painting →
genre	cityscape painting → history painting → infernal scenes → religious painting →
influenced	Rembrandt van Rijn →
influencedBy	Italian Mannerism → Northern Mannerism →
languageOfWorkOrName	Dutch →
memberOf	Leiden painters’ guild →
movement	Dutch Golden Age →
name	Jacob van Swanenburgh →
nativeLanguage	Dutch →
notableFor	atmospheric cityscapes → being an early teacher of Rembrandt → infernal scenes →
notablePlaceOfActivity	Kingdom of Naples →
notableStudent	Rembrandt van Rijn →
notableWork	Cityscape with Figures → Harbor City at Night → Hell Scene with the Fall of the Damned → Infernal Scene →
occupation	painter →
periodActive	early 17th century →
placeOfBirth	Leiden →
placeOfDeath	Leiden →
religion	Protestantism →
residence	Leiden → Naples →
sibling	Claes Isaacsz. van Swanenburg → Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg →
spouse	Agnes van den Bossche →
taught	Rembrandt van Rijn →
workLocation	Leiden → Naples →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jacob van Swanenburgh →	name
Rembrandt van Rijn →	studentOf