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
draughtsman
human
inventor
printmaker
artStyle highly detailed, precise architectural representation
birthDate 1637-03-05
birthPlace Dutch Republic
Gorinchem NERFINISHED
coAuthorOf Brandspuitenboek
collaboratedWith Adriaen van de Velde NERFINISHED
Gerrit van der Heyden NERFINISHED
Johannes Lingelbach NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic
deathDate 1712-03-28
deathPlace Amsterdam
designed improved fire hose
improved fire pump
street lighting system for Amsterdam
father Goris van der Heyden
fieldOfWork cityscape painting
firefighting technology
street lighting
genre architectural painting
cityscape
landscape painting
influenced development of urban street lighting in Europe
later cityscape painters
movement Dutch Golden Age
name Jan van der Heyden NERFINISHED
notableFor detailed cityscapes of Amsterdam
improvements in firefighting equipment
introduction of systematic street lighting in Amsterdam
notableWork Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal with the Town Hall of Amsterdam
The Bend in the Herengracht, Amsterdam
The Town Hall on the Dam, Amsterdam
The Westerkerk, Amsterdam
View of the Herengracht, Amsterdam
occupation engineer
inventor
painter
positionHeld fire inspector in Amsterdam
superintendent of street lighting in Amsterdam
publicationDateOfWork Brandspuitenboek, 1690
residence Amsterdam
sibling Gerrit van der Heyden NERFINISHED
spouse Sara ter Hiel
workLocation Amsterdam

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Guild of Saint Luke (Delft)
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