Talk:Jan van de Cappelle

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Hello Johnbod, it seems to me this is his baptism and Van der Cappelle is ok too.Taksen (talk) 20:10, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

He was married to Anna Grooting(h) and they had nine children. Here are their birthcertificates  Taksen (talk) 20:39, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

She died in 1677 and was buried together with a child. He was buried two years later. It might be possible to find out what happened to the children that survived their parents.Taksen (talk) 20:51, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I've added bits for now, but I suspect this is a Primary source, & I'll follow the published sources for spellings - we never record all the variants. I'd love to know more about the dye-works though. I read somewhere that it had several thousand employees, but I've forgotten where.  I can't find anything in English online sources, but there may well be stuff in Dutch.  Also, how many of his own paintings did he own at death?  Johnbod (talk) 21:46, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

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Hello Johnbod, there is not much online in Dutch or in English on the dye-business. I also tried to find useful material. I added some at Dirk Tulp, who lived at Kloveniersburgwal. Around the corner on Raamgracht
 * Franchoys van de Cappelle had a business. Most textile workers were originally from Flanders. May be it is possible find out where Franchoys was born.
 * I was not able to find anything interesting about the origin of his parents. It seems they did not marry in Amsterdam. His father was born in 1592 and in died in 1674.
 * According to J. Kelch, who seems to be the leading expert on Cappelle his oldest painting (1649) that was traced is in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm and called View on the port with reflecting water. I wonder which painting your source mentions.
 * In 1892 Bredius mentions a brother Louis; Kelch does not mention him, but instead his sons Louis and Joannes! According to the city archive, it seems Jan had three brothers: Michiel, born in 1625, Franchois born in 1631 and Jacob in 1638. Francois was a "karmozijnverwer". One of the children was baptised in the Wallonian church, so they were understanding or French speaking.
 * Usually becoming a citizin and paying the fee, meant you could become a member of the guild and start a business. In this case marriage was unimportant. What is the use of a license if you are married already, and both were born in Amsterdam?
 * One cannot assume he was not a member of the guild, because the records of the guild did not survive. Nobody can check. This misunderstanding has to do with Bredius in 1892 and with a painter in Haarlem, bearing the same name.
 * I was not able to trace his citizenship. Do you have a date or anything else which could be helpfull?
 * I will check Breen's source (the purchase of the house in Koestraat in 1661) as soon as possible
 * Cappelle purchased two houses in Koestraat. Van de Cappelle paid 9.600 guilders for the first one in May 1661, a reasonable price for a spacious house, with his office, a studio, a garden and 2.300 for the second one. Van de Cappelle had both houses connected.
 * The other four houses he owned were on Noordermarkt, Lindengracht, in the Jordaan and on Raamgracht
 * It seems unimportant but Van de Cappelle lived between a teacher, and a school on the northside of a small and narrow street. The rector, Jacobus Heyblocq, had connections with several famous artists and poets.
 * When Van de Cappelle married in 1653 he lived on Lelygracht and called himself painter. Also in 1661 when he purchased his first house in Koestraat, he was called painter and not Master painter. He probably gave up painting after 1661.
 * Taksen (talk) 18:14, 9 April 2010 (UTC)Taksen (talk) 07:59, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The 1645 painting is (or was 20 yrs ago) in a private collection (Robarts) & is a major work. Russell, who is certainly the current expert, describes it at some length in Grove, and no doubt further in her book. Johnbod (talk) 13:37, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Taksen, can you help referencing these points that have now been fact-tagged, some introduced by you? Thanks Johnbod (talk) 12:44, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! What is the source for "There are no paintings listed by himself" - this contradicts other sources I've seen. Johnbod (talk) 15:00, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Brotherhood
Hello Johnbod. Probably you were also wondering when I wrote the Amsterdam Guild of Saint Luke was founded in 1653, but there was a brotherhood of painters founded in that year, next to the Guild. About hundred people attended the meal on October 20, 1653, a few poets mentioned the gathering. Nobody seems to know why it was founded. (It seems it had to do with being a citizin.) Taksen (talk) 17:52, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello Johnbod. Did you notice the article on Confrerie Pictura? A similar development can be seen in The Hague. The article mentions the clue (citizinship, competition, c.q. fear for foreign painters, not being a member of the local guild) but the author does not give a clear solution. Taksen (talk) 05:24, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Syndics of the Drapers' Guild


One of the sitters was Jacob van Loon, who lived around the corner, very near to Koestraat. Jan van de Capelle must have known him. This is a drawing by Rembrandt.Taksen (talk) 14:33, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

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