REYN, Jan van


REYN, Jan van

Artist

(b. ca. 1610, Dunkirk, d. 1678, Dunkirk)

Details

Jan van Reyn (or Rijn), Flemish painter, worked in the port of Dunkirk, then still part of south-western Flanders. The young De Reyn went to Antwerp where he became a student of Van Dyck. He accompanied his master to England where he continued to assist him. After the death of Van Dyck he settled in his native town, where he painted large altarpieces, and was also employed as portrait painter. //


Category Artists
Artists by letter R
Artist nationality Flemish