Jacobus de Baen was a Dutch Golden Age

Dutch Golden Age

The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...

 portrait painter who was the son of Jan de Baen

Jan de Baen

Jan de Baen was a Dutch portrait painter who lived during the Dutch Golden Age. He was a pupil of the painter Jacob Adriaensz Backer in Amsterdam from 1645 to 1648. He worked for Charles II of England in his Dutch exile, and from 1660 until his death he lived and worked in The Hague...

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Biography

According to Houbraken his father Jan de Baan was so sad when his son died at 27 that he died himself only two years later.

According to the RKD he learned to paint from his father Jan de Baen. From 1684-1692 he was a student at the academy of the Confrerie Pictura

Confrerie Pictura

The Confrerie Pictura was a more or less academic club of artists founded in 1656 in The Hague, by local art painters, who were unsatisfied by the Guild of Saint Luke there.-History:The guild of St...

. In 1692 he travelled to Italy via London and France. In Rome he became a member of the Bentvueghels

Bentvueghels

The Bentvueghels were a society of mostly Dutch and Flemish artists active in Rome from about 1620 to 1720. They are also known as the Schildersbent .-Activities:...

 with the nickname Gladiator. In 1693 he travelled with the party of William III to London. He died in Vienna in 1700.

According to Jan van Gool who wrote his biography in his "Nieuwe Schouburg" in 1750, he spent more than he earned when he was with the Bentvueghels, and increased his productivity when he left Rome. He could have been a greater painter than his father if he had lived longer.