Jan van Bunnik
Jan van Bunnik (1654–1727) was a
landscape painter
.
Biography
He was born at
Zurich, and from there over the alps to Milan. From Milan he travelled to Genoa, where he had lessons from Pieter de Molijn, a member of the Bentvueghels with the nickname Tempeest.[1] From there he travelled to Livorno
where he worked for the Dutch Consul or local ambassador, and from there travelled to Rome.
On his arrival at Rome he met several of the artists (and Bentvueghels) of his country, who received him with kindness, particularly
Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena, who gave him a yearly stipend for 8 years wherein he made decorations for his various homes and buildings.[1] When the Duke made a pilgrimage to Loreto, Marche, Van Bunnik accompanied him there and onwards to Rome, where this being his third trip there, he allowed himself to be accepted into the Bentvueghels with the nickname keteltrom.[1]
Soon afterwards, the Duke returned to Modena and stopped traveling, so Van Bunnik requested dismissal so he could return North.
The Duke gave him a pass to travel unhindered through France to his homeland, which he did, but in
Peter van Bloemen, and Gillis Weenix. They set off for Paris in the company of Jan's brother Jacob van Bunnik
who was a good painter of "bataljes" or battle scenes.
On his return to Holland he was employed by King William III, then Prince of Orange, to ornament his palace at Loo. He died in Utrecht in 1727.
References
- ^ Digital library for Dutch literature
Attribution:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Bunnick, Jan van". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.- Jan van Bunnik in the RKD
- Jan van Bunnick on Artnet
- Rocky landscape in the collection of the Centraal Museum
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