Pieter Jansz van Asch

Pieter Jansz van Asch (1603 – 6 June 1678 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Pieter Jansz van Asch
Pieter Jansz van Asch. Self-portrait with one of his landscapes.
Born	Pieter Jansz van Asch 1603 Delft, Dutch Republic
Died	1678 (aged 74–75) Delft, Dutch Republic
Nationality	Dutch
Known for	Painting
Movement	Baroque

Biography

He was born at Delft, the son of the portrait painter Jan van Asch and joined the Guild of St. Luke in 1623.^[1] According to Arnold Houbraken, he specialized in small landscapes, but his productivity was hampered by caring for his parents.^[2] Jan Verkolje knew him and made a mezzotint of him. The city of Delft paid him 100 guilders for a schoorsteenstuk or overmantel piece in the City Hall known as the Prinsenhof.^[3]

His works are influenced by the painters Pieter de Bloot, Jan Both, Joachim Govertsz Camphuysen, Anthonie Jansz van der Croos, Jan Josefsz van Goyen, and Jan Gabrielsz Sonjé.^[1] He in turn influenced the painter Jacobus Coert.^[1] He died and was buried in his home town of Delft.^[1]

Legacy

van Asch has paintings in public collections including four in the United Kingdom.^[4]