Frontispiece to Carl Linnaeus: Hortus Cliffortianus, Amsterdam, 1737.
Wandelaar and Ehret: Anthospermum aethiopicum from Linnaeus: Hortus Cliffortianus, 1737.

Jan Wandelaar (14 April 1690, Amsterdam – 26 March 1759, Leiden), was an 18th-century painter, illustrator and engraver from the Dutch Republic.

Biography

Wandelaar trained under Jacob Folkema, Gillem van der Gouwen, and Gérard de Lairesse, and made a name in anatomical art after drawing for Frederik Ruysch. He was due to work for Arend Cant who died before work could begin.[1] According to Johan van Gool he engraved paintings by Huchtenburg.[2]

According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History RKD he was a pupil of Johannes Jacobsz Folkema, Gilliam van der Gouwen, and Gerard de Lairesse.[3] He became the teacher of Pieter Lyonet and Abraham Delfos.[3]

Furthermore, 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.[1]

  • Jan Wandelaar: Human hand muscles. Drawing for Albinus, Tabulae, 1747.[4] Leiden University Library.
    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. Drawing for Albinus, Tabulae, 1747. Leiden University Library.
  • Jan Wandelaar: A human skeleton with rhinoceros Clara.
    Jan Wandelaar: A human skeleton with rhinoceros Clara.

References

  1. ^ a b Wilson-Pauwels, Linda (2009). "Jan Wandelaar, Bernard Siegfried Albinus and an Indian Rhinoceros Named Clara Set High Standards as the Process of Anatomical Illustration Entered a New Phase of Precision, Artistic Beauty, and Marketing in the 18th Century" (PDF). Journal of Biological Communication. 35 (1): E10 – E17.
  2. ^ (in Dutch) Jan Wandelaar, Part 2, page 189 in Nieuwe Schouburg (with painter index), (1750) by Jan van Gool, in the Institute of Dutch History
  3. ^ a b Jan Wandelaar in the RKD
  4. ^ a b Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried (1747). Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani [Tables of the skeleton and muscles of the human body] (in Latin). Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden): Joannes & Hermannus Verbeek. OCLC 1349590814. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Wandelaar
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