Jan van der Heyden
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Jan van der Heyden was a 17th-century Dutch painter and inventor renowned for his detailed cityscapes and pioneering improvements in firefighting technology and street lighting.
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| instanceOf |
Dutch painter
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draughtsman → human → inventor → printmaker → |
| artStyle |
highly detailed, precise architectural representation
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| birthDate |
1637-03-05
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| birthPlace |
Dutch Republic
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Gorinchem NERFINISHED → |
| coAuthorOf |
Brandspuitenboek
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| collaboratedWith |
Adriaen van de Velde
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Gerrit van der Heyden NERFINISHED → Johannes Lingelbach NERFINISHED → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Dutch Republic
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| deathDate |
1712-03-28
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| deathPlace |
Amsterdam
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| designed |
improved fire hose
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improved fire pump → street lighting system for Amsterdam → |
| father |
Goris van der Heyden
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| fieldOfWork |
cityscape painting
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firefighting technology → street lighting → |
| genre |
architectural painting
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cityscape → landscape painting → |
| influenced |
development of urban street lighting in Europe
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later cityscape painters → |
| movement |
Dutch Golden Age
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| name |
Jan van der Heyden
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| notableFor |
detailed cityscapes of Amsterdam
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improvements in firefighting equipment → introduction of systematic street lighting in Amsterdam → |
| notableWork |
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal with the Town Hall of Amsterdam
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The Bend in the Herengracht, Amsterdam → The Town Hall on the Dam, Amsterdam → The Westerkerk, Amsterdam → View of the Herengracht, Amsterdam → |
| occupation |
engineer
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inventor → painter → |
| positionHeld |
fire inspector in Amsterdam
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superintendent of street lighting in Amsterdam → |
| publicationDateOfWork |
Brandspuitenboek, 1690
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| residence |
Amsterdam
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| sibling |
Gerrit van der Heyden
NERFINISHED
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| spouse |
Sara ter Hiel
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| workLocation |
Amsterdam
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Guild of Saint Luke (Delft)
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