Juriaen Pool
Juriaen Pool (bapt. 17 January 1666, Amsterdam – 6 October 1745, Amsterdam), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands best known as the husband of Rachel Ruysch, with whom he had ten children.
Self-portrait in allegorical scene for the orphanage. He is shown wearing the traditional orphan clothing with a red jacket and a blue sleeve.
Juriaan and his wife Rachel Pool, engraving from Jan van Gool's Nieuwe Schouburg, 1750
Biography
According to the RKD he was the son of Jurriaan Pool the elder.[1] He became engaged on 25 July 1693 and on 12 August he married the flower painter Rachel Ruysch in Buiksloot.[1] He became the teacher of the painter Gerhard Jan Palthe.[1]
References
- Juriaen Pool in the RKD
- 1 artwork by or after Juriaen Pool at the Art UK site
- Juriaen Pool on Artnet
External links
Media related to Jurriaen Pool at Wikimedia Commons
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