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Hans Bol

Flemish painter, print artist, miniaturist painter

Died when: 58 years 339 days (707 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Hans Bol

Hans Bol or Jan Bol (16 December 1534 – 20 November 1593), was a Flemish painter, print artist, miniaturist painter and draftsman.He is known for his landscapes, allegorical and biblical scenes, and genre paintings executed in a late Northern Mannerist style.

After a successful career in Flanders, he left his home country for the Dutch Republic during the Siege of Antwerp.

His landscape work had an important influence on the next generation of Dutch landscape painters.His prints after his own designs as well as those of Flemish masters such as Pieter Brueghel the Elder contributed to the spread of their themes in the Northern Netherlands.


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