Isaac de Jouderville

Isaac de Jouderville (1612 in Leiden – 1645 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter who was a pupil of Rembrandt.

Biography De Jouderville was an orphan whose parents had come from Metz. He became a pupil of Rembrandt in November 1629 and traveled with him to Amsterdam in 1631. Documents concerning his apprenticeship drawn up by his guardians still exist.

He was back in Leiden to marry Maria le Febure (1619-1653) in 1636 and moved to Deventer in 1641. By that time De Melder was acting as art dealer, and the liquidation of his wife's goods shows an interesting list of artists who were either owed money by her estate or who owed money to her estate (f=guilders; st.=pieces):

Owers to the estate Bartholomeus van der Helst 31 f. 11 st. Simon de Vlieger 15 f. 6 st. Claes Outhuysen 3 f. 4 st. Steven van Goor 6 f. 2 st. Hendrick Mombers of Haarlem 138 f. 5 st. de Jonge Beecker 26 f. Hermanus Nauwingh of Hamburgh 5 f. 14 st. Johannes Lingelbach 19 st. Marten Switzer (Kretser ?) 7 f. Jan Looten 20 f. 3 st. Hendrik Ulenburgh 105 f. 10 st. Johannes de Renialme 4 f. 12 st. the son of the councilman Dr. Tulp 14 f. 15 st. Johannes Victor 9 f. 19 st. Paulus Henneken 3 f. 19 st. Willem van de Velde 2 f. 16 st. Simon Luttichuysen 5 f. 12 st. Ferdinandus de Bos (Bol ?) 1 f. 2 st. Sr. Stockade 1 f..

Owed by the estate

Jacob Coningh 14 f. 15 st. Kamphuijsen, painter, 14 f. 5 st. the assistant van Camphuijsen 11 f. 8 st. Mr. Schendel 5 f. 11 st.. Jannetje living in Dordrecht must receive for speldewerck (needlework) bought from her 270 f. 19 st. Agnietje van Dalm ibid 159 f. 11 st. Johannes Boot, as stated above, 269 f. Teunis Teunisz. van Bronckhorst must receive for delivered frames 28 f. 1 st. Philips Wouwerman, painter, must receive 64 f. Job Bercheyden, painter, must receive [left blank].

Isaac de Jouderville's painting Man in Oriental costume was featured in the fourth episode of the BBC TV programme, Fake or Fortune?. This painting was part of the stock of dealers Jakob and Rosa Oppenheimer that was seized by the Nazis and sold in 1935.

Jouderville is known today for portraits and historical allegories.