Jan Wandelaar
Dutch painter
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Jan Wandelaar (14 April 1690 – 26 March 1759) was an 18th-century painter, illustrator and engraver from the Dutch Republic.
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Biography
Wandelaar was born in Amsterdam. He trained under Jacob Folkema, Gilliam van der Gouwen, and Gerard de Lairesse,[1] and made a name in anatomical art after drawing for Frederik Ruysch. He taught Pieter Lyonet and Abraham Delfos.[1] He was due to work for Arend Cant who died before work could begin.[2] According to Johan van Gool he engraved paintings by Huchtenburg.[3]
He illustrated and engraved the images for Bernhard Siegfried Albinus's Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani.[4] The second London edition of 1749 featured a human skeleton image now with added illustrations of the rhinoceros Clara in the background.[2]
Wandelaar died in Leiden in 1759.
Jan Wandelaar: Human hand muscles. Drawing for Albinus, Tabulae, 1747.[4] Leiden University Library.
Jan Wandelaar: A human skeleton. Drawing for Albinus, Tabulae, 1747. Leiden University Library.
Jan Wandelaar: A human skeleton with rhinoceros Clara
