Jan Haarlem II Vermeer van
(b Haarlem, 22 Oct 1628; d Haarlem, bur 25 Aug 1691). Painter. For ten years from 1638, Jan Vermeer II was a pupil of Jacob (Willemsz.) de Wet (1610-71/2), to whose Rembrandtesque manner he was evidently impermeable. He entered the Haarlem Guild of St Luke in 1654, the year of his marriage, and remained in Haarlem for the rest of his life. His early influences were fellow Haarlem landscape painters, especially Jacob van Ruisdael, and he continued to paint heavily wooded landscapes recalling the work of such followers of Ruisdael as Adriaen Verboom (1628-70) and Jan van Kessel (c. 1641-80) throughout his career. His late work, possibly influenced by Philips Koninck, is more panoramic: it includes such landscapes as Dunes near Haarlem (Paris, Louvre) and extensive views inland from the coastal dunes, which exploit the natural advantage of a high viewpoint. These paintings are predominantly yellow and dark green in tone, with strong shadows.
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