Jan Baptist Tijssens the Younger
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Jan Baptist Tijssens the Younger[1] (1660–1723) was a Flemish painter mainly known for his 'guardroom scenes' and still lifes.[2] He was also active as an art dealer.[3]
Jan Baptist Tijssens the Younger was baptized on 21 September 1660 in Antwerp[2] as the third son of Augustijn Tijssens the Younger (1623–1675) and Maria Laureyssens, a niece of Jacob Jordaens. His father was a landscape artist and painter. His grandfathers Augustijn Tijssens the Elder and Peter Laureyssens were art dealers.[3] His uncle Jan Baptist Tijssens the Elder was a landscape and religious painter. Jan Baptist Tijssens the Younger and Jan Baptist Tijssens the Elder are often confused with each other.[4] His younger brother Jacobus or Jacomo became a portrait and landscape painter.[5]
He was a pupil of his father and Anton Goubau, a leading genre and history painter who had studied in Italy. He became a master in the Guild of Saint Luke in 1689/90 and was active in Antwerp from 1688 to 1691.[2][6] In 1691 he became co-dean of the Guild but bought himself free from his Guild obligations with a picture.[3] He travelled to Italy.[2] He was recorded in Düsseldorf where he worked for a while as an art dealer for the Elector.[3] He was in Rotterdam in 1695 and is also recorded in Breda and in England.[2]
As an art dealer he is known to have traded two Ribera's and Rubens works with Suzanna Forchondt, daughter of Guillam Forchondt and Mary Lemmens. The documents showed a wax seal on the back with the initials P and L. The letters refer to the name of his grandfather Peter Laureyssens. Jann Baptist had inherited this mark from his grandfather.[3]
Tijssens died in his birthplace Antwerp on 4 October 1723.[2]
