Jan van Neck

Jan van Neck (1634–1714), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Jan van Neck
Anatomical lesson by Dr. Frederik Ruysch.
Born	Jan van Neck 1634 Naarden
Died	June 6, 1714(1714-06-06) (aged 79) Amsterdam
Nationality	Dutch
Known for	Painting
Movement	Baroque

Biography

He was born in Naarden and became a painter, draftsman, engraver, and interior decorator.^[1] According to Houbraken his father was a doctor who apprenticed him to Jacob Adriaensz Backer to learn draftsmanship.^[2] He painted historical allegories, portraits, and scenes of naked women bathing. Houbraken liked especially an altarpiece in the Wallonian Catholic church of Amsterdam by his hand. Houbraken wrote that he was a friendly man with many entertaining stories, and he consulted him as a source for his books while he was bedridden. He mentions also that Neck was a great friend of Dirck Ferreris, whose collection of drawings and papierkunst or paper-art (probably paper-cuts) came into his possession on his death.^[2]