About Jacobus Bisschop
Lived 1658 – 1704 (aged 45–46). Jacobus Bisschop was a Dutch painter.
Jacobus Bisschop (1658 – 1697) was an 18th-century painter from the Dutch Republic.
Biography He was born and died in Dordrecht. According to Houbraken when his younger brother Abraham no longer needed him, he left for the Hague to follow lessons from Augustinus Terwesten. After that he mostly made paintings for wall decorations in stately homes, at which pursuit he was quite successful. He became Terwesten's pupil in 1686 at the Confrerie Pictura. He became a member of the Dordrecht Guild of St. Luke.
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Who was Jacobus Bisschop?
18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands (1658-1704)
When was Jacobus Bisschop born?
Jacobus Bisschop was born on 1 February 1658 in Dordrecht.
When did Jacobus Bisschop die?
Jacobus Bisschop died in 1704 in Dordrecht.
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Jacobus Bisschop was a painter.
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Jacobus Bisschop was Dutch.
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