Jacob Janssen b. 9 December 1779

Also known as Jacob Jansen, Jacob Janssens
  • Artist (Painter)
Landscape, still-life and portrait painter, was born 1779 at Einlage, Prussia. He was trained by Signor Piesio Ancora, a member of the School of Naples, and recorded his extensive travels in his diary. He painted up until a year before his death in 1856. After one brief period of notoriety, he seems to have been forgotten.
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Citations

  • Janssen, Jacob, 'Diary, 1807-40’, Manuscript B985/CY918, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Synopsis and translation by John Fletcher, Department of Germanic Studies, Sydney University, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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