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Jan de Bray - The Penitent Magdalene

The Penitent Magdalene

Jan de Bray (Dutch, 1622-1697)
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The Artist died in 1697 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer.

Jan de Bray, was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem until the age of 60, when he went bankrupt and moved to Amsterdam.

Jan de Bray was influenced by his father Salomon de Bray, and the portraitists Bartholomeus van der Helst, and Frans Hals. De Bray's works are mainly portraits, often of groups, and history paintings. He specialised in combining the two genres in the portrait historié, portraits of historical figures using contemporary figures, including himself and his family. Among his finest works are two versions of the Banquet of Cleopatra, using his own family, including himself, as models (Royal Collection, 1652, and Currier Museum of Art, New Hampshire, 1669). The second version has great pathos, as most of those depicted had died in the plague of 1663–4.

Jan de Bray was born in Haarlem. According to Houbraken he was the most famous pupil of his father, the architect and poet Salomon de Bray. Houbraken called Jan the "pearl in Haarlem's crown". Houbraken saw a painting by de Bray of David and the Return of the Ark of the Covenant in the collection of Arnoud van Halen in Amsterdam, dated 1697, that he admired for its realistic flesh tones in the forms of David playing the harp and the Levites behind him. Houbraken also mentioned some black and red chalk drawings by him that he saw at the Amsterdam home of Isaak del Court.

He spent most of his career working in Haarlem, where he was for many years dean of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. His brother Dirck de Bray was a flower painter who later became a monk in the monastery at Gaesdonck near Goch. His brother Joseph was also a painter. His mother was Anna Westerbaen, the sister of the painter Jan Westerbaen and the poet Jacob Westerbaen. His sister Cornelia married Jan Lievens.

De Bray survived most of his family during an outbreak of the plague in Haarlem in 1664. He lost his father, his brother Joseph and three other siblings within two months of each other. His wives - Maria van Hees whom he married 21 October 1688, Margaretha de Meyer whom he married in 1672, and Victoria Stalpert van der Wielen whom he married 30 January 1678, each died before him; Victoria shortly after giving birth to their son, Johan Lucas. In 1689 he was declared bankrupt as a Haarlem citizen and moved to Amsterdam, where he died, though he was buried in Haarlem.

More Artworks by Jan de Bray

Achilles among the Daughters of Lycomedes (Ovid, Metamorphoses, XII, 162 ff)

Achilles among the Daughters of Lycomedes (Ovid, Metamorphoses, XII, 162 ff) (1664)

Jan de Bray (Dutch, 1622-1697)
Head of a Young Boy

Head of a Young Boy (c. 1650)

Jan de Bray (Dutch, 1622-1697)
Judith and Holofernes

Judith and Holofernes (1659)

Jan de Bray (Dutch, 1622-1697)
The Governors of the Guild of St Luke, Haarlem, 1675

The Governors of the Guild of St Luke, Haarlem, 1675 (1675)

Jan de Bray (Dutch, 1622-1697)
Young Woman at a Balustrade

Young Woman at a Balustrade (1650)

Jan de Bray (Dutch, 1622-1697)
Portrait of the Artist’s Parents,Salomon de Bray and Anna Westerbaen

Portrait of the Artist’s Parents,Salomon de Bray and Anna Westerbaen (1664)

Jan de Bray (Dutch, 1622-1697)
Portrait of a Boy,Aged Six

Portrait of a Boy,Aged Six (1654)

Jan de Bray (Dutch, 1622-1697)
Abraham Casteleyn and his Wife, Margarieta van Bancken

Abraham Casteleyn and his Wife, Margarieta van Bancken (1663)

Jan de Bray (Dutch, 1622-1697)
A Group of two Boys

A Group of two Boys (1651)

Jan de Bray (Dutch, 1622-1697)
Brustbild eines alten Mannes von vorn (im Rund)

Brustbild eines alten Mannes von vorn (im Rund) (1659)

Jan de Bray (Dutch, 1622-1697)
König David geleitet die Bundeslade nach Jerusalem

König David geleitet die Bundeslade nach Jerusalem (1670)

Jan de Bray (Dutch, 1622-1697)
Mercury And Aglauros At The Door Of Herse’s Chamber

Mercury And Aglauros At The Door Of Herse’s Chamber (1658)

Jan de Bray (Dutch, 1622-1697)
The Adoration of the Shepherds

The Adoration of the Shepherds (1665)

Jan de Bray (Dutch, 1622-1697)

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