Jan Jansz. de Stomme

Twin girls aged 4 in 1654 (one day apart) picking grapes from a vine on a wall with a landscape behind. One is holding sprig of flowers and one is holding a tin bucket. Both are wearing white starched aprons. Inscribed "Ætatis Suæ 4 1654 - 7 Octobris. ætatis Suæ 4. 1654 8 Octobris.", meaning they died October 7, 1654 at age 4 and October 8, 1654 at age 4. Formerly attributed to Jan Jansz de Stomme

Jan Jansz. de Stomme (1615, Franeker 1658, Groningen), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.

Biography

According to the RKD he was the son of a burgemeester of Franeker and became the pupil of Wybrand de Geest.[1] He moved to Groningen in 1642 and nothing is known of him after 1658, when his daughter Pietertien had a guardians appointed to look after her.[1]

According to a family history he may have been a pupil of Rembrandt.[2] The Groninger Museum has works by him.[3]

References

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