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Jan Olis (c. 1610-1676) as a painter of larger figures

Jan Olis (c. 1610-1676) as a painter of larger figures 92 FRED G. MEIJER Jan Olis (c. 1610-1676) as a painter of larger figures I Jan Olis, Interior with card players, signed and dated J. Olis fecit/ A° 1629, oil on panel, 40,7 x 72 cm. Present whereabouts unknown. Photo Sotheby's, London. Jan Olis is not among the household names of Dutch seventeenth-century painting. He is rather well known, however, to collectors and specialists for his interior genre scenes with small figures, of which examples regularly appear on the art market, as well as for the portraits and the few still lifes he produced.' In this article, I would like to focus on a number of paintings of larger figures by Olis, most of which either emerged during the past decade, or were recently recognised as his work. Jan Olis was born in Gorinchem, at an unknown date, around 16lo.2 His earliest known dated work is an Interior with card players from IG29 (fig.l).3 In 1631, he reportedly signed a mythological scene, formerly in a German private collection, adding 'Roma' to the signature and date.4 This would suggest that he travelled to Italy, but there is no firm evidence that he actually undertook such a journey. Whatever the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Oud Holland - Quarterly for Dutch Art History Brill

Jan Olis (c. 1610-1676) as a painter of larger figures

Meijer, Fred G.
Oud Holland - Quarterly for Dutch Art History , Volume 118 (1-2): 92 – Jan 1, 2005
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© 2005 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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10.1163/187501705X00268
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92 FRED G. MEIJER Jan Olis (c. 1610-1676) as a painter of larger figures I Jan Olis, Interior with card players, signed and dated J. Olis fecit/ A° 1629, oil on panel, 40,7 x 72 cm. Present whereabouts unknown. Photo Sotheby's, London. Jan Olis is not among the household names of Dutch seventeenth-century painting. He is rather well known, however, to collectors and specialists for his interior genre scenes with small figures, of which examples regularly appear on the art market, as well as for the portraits and the few still lifes he produced.' In this article, I would like to focus on a number of paintings of larger figures by Olis, most of which either emerged during the past decade, or were recently recognised as his work. Jan Olis was born in Gorinchem, at an unknown date, around 16lo.2 His earliest known dated work is an Interior with card players from IG29 (fig.l).3 In 1631, he reportedly signed a mythological scene, formerly in a German private collection, adding 'Roma' to the signature and date.4 This would suggest that he travelled to Italy, but there is no firm evidence that he actually undertook such a journey. Whatever the

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