Jan Reynst

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Jan Reynst (26 October 1601 – 29 June 1646) was a

Reynst collection
.

Life

Reynst was born in

Perugino, Antonello da Messina and Paolo Veronese were shipped to his brother in Amsterdam.[1]

In 1671 Jan Reynst (his son?) bought a house that housed a secret Catholic church (now the

Museum Amstelkring), planning to rent it out as storage space but instead realising he could make more money from charging Catholic worshippers to continue using their secret church. He died in Venice
.

See also

References

  1. ^ Museum kennis Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine (Dutch)

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