Jacob Dissius
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Jacob Abrahamsz. Dissius (November 1653 - October 1695) was a Dutch typographer
and printer. He is most notable as an art collector and for his links to Johannes Vermeer
- his collection included 21 Vermeer works (including The Milkmaid
, Portrait of a Young Woman, A Girl Asleep
, Woman Holding a Balance
and The Music Lesson
) and in 1680 he married Madgdalene, daughter and sole heir of Vermeer's main patron Pieter van Ruijven
. Dissius died in 1695 and his collection was auctioned off in Amsterdam
the following year.
, born in 1655. Dissius' father-in-law was one of the wealthier citizens of Delft, and became a patron of Vermeer. She inherited her parent's money and art collection after the death of her mother in 1681. When she died childless in 1682, he inherited her collection of Vermeer paintings and other works of art. He was the owner of the "Golden ABC" ("Het Gulden ABC"), a print shop on the Market Square of Delft.
Jacob Dissius died in October 1695 (he was buried on 14 October), and his art collection was sold on 16 May 1696 by art dealer Gerard Houet in Amsterdam.
Typography
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading , adjusting the spaces between groups of letters and adjusting the space between pairs of letters...
and printer. He is most notable as an art collector and for his links to Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer
Johannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer was a Dutch painter who specialized in exquisite, domestic interior scenes of middle class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime...
- his collection included 21 Vermeer works (including The Milkmaid
The Milkmaid (Vermeer)
The Milkmaid , sometimes called The Kitchen Maid, is an oil-on-canvas painting of a "milkmaid", in fact a domestic kitchen maid, by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer...
, Portrait of a Young Woman, A Girl Asleep
A Girl Asleep (Vermeer)
A Girl Asleep, also known as A Woman Asleep, A Woman Asleep at Table, and A Maid Asleep, is a painting by the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer, 1657...
, Woman Holding a Balance
Woman Holding a Balance
Woman Holding a Balance, also called Woman Testing a Balance, is an oil painting by Dutch Baroque artist Johannes Vermeer. At one time the painting, completed 1662-1663, was known as Woman Weighing Gold, but closer evaluation has determined that the balance in her hand is empty...
and The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Johannes Vermeer, also known as Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. It has been estimated to have been painted between 1662 and 1665. The medium of the work is oil on canvas...
) and in 1680 he married Madgdalene, daughter and sole heir of Vermeer's main patron Pieter van Ruijven
Pieter van Ruijven
Pieter Claesz. van Ruijven is known as Johannes Vermeer's patron. In 1657, he lent Vermeer 200 guilders. It is not known if he had any trade or profession. Like his father, he worked for the city institution, the Camer van Charitate .In 1653, he married Maria de Knuijt. The couple had one daughter...
. Dissius died in 1695 and his collection was auctioned off in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
the following year.
Biography
Jacob Dissius was baptised on 23 November 1653 as the son of the printer Abraham Dissius. He married Magdalena Pieters van Ruijven, daughter of Pieter van RuijvenPieter van Ruijven
Pieter Claesz. van Ruijven is known as Johannes Vermeer's patron. In 1657, he lent Vermeer 200 guilders. It is not known if he had any trade or profession. Like his father, he worked for the city institution, the Camer van Charitate .In 1653, he married Maria de Knuijt. The couple had one daughter...
, born in 1655. Dissius' father-in-law was one of the wealthier citizens of Delft, and became a patron of Vermeer. She inherited her parent's money and art collection after the death of her mother in 1681. When she died childless in 1682, he inherited her collection of Vermeer paintings and other works of art. He was the owner of the "Golden ABC" ("Het Gulden ABC"), a print shop on the Market Square of Delft.
Jacob Dissius died in October 1695 (he was buried on 14 October), and his art collection was sold on 16 May 1696 by art dealer Gerard Houet in Amsterdam.
Art collection
Three documents are crucial in reconstructing the art collection of Jacob Dissius: the inventory of his estate in April 1683, after the death of his parents-in-law and his wife; a document listing the division of this inheritance between Jacob and his father Abraham Dissius, which was united in Jacob's possession after the death of his father in 1694; and the list of the auction of his collection after his death in October 1695.Jan Vermeer
Of the 21 paintings by Vermeer in the Dissius aucton of 1696, 15 are usually matched to currently known paintings, while 6 others are either lost or unidentified.Identified works
- A Girl AsleepA Girl Asleep (Vermeer)A Girl Asleep, also known as A Woman Asleep, A Woman Asleep at Table, and A Maid Asleep, is a painting by the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer, 1657...
- Officer and Laughing GirlOfficer and Laughing GirlOfficer and Laughing Girl, also known as Officer and a Laughing Girl and Officer With a Laughing Girl, is a painting created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in about 1657 and now in The Frick Collection in New York....
- The Little StreetThe Little Street (Vermeer)The Little Street is a painting by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, executed c. 1657-1658. It is housed in the Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam, and signed left below the window with the writing "I V MEER".-See also:...
- Woman Holding a BalanceWoman Holding a BalanceWoman Holding a Balance, also called Woman Testing a Balance, is an oil painting by Dutch Baroque artist Johannes Vermeer. At one time the painting, completed 1662-1663, was known as Woman Weighing Gold, but closer evaluation has determined that the balance in her hand is empty...
- The MilkmaidThe Milkmaid (Vermeer)The Milkmaid , sometimes called The Kitchen Maid, is an oil-on-canvas painting of a "milkmaid", in fact a domestic kitchen maid, by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer...
- View of DelftView of Delft (Vermeer)View of Delft is an oil painting by Johannes Vermeer. Painted ca. 1660-1661, the painting of the Dutch artist's hometown is among his most popular. Painted at a time when cityscapes were not commonplace, it is one of three known paintings of Delft by Vermeer, along with The Little Street and the...
- The LacemakerThe Lacemaker (Vermeer)The Lacemaker is a painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer , completed between 1669–1670 and held in the Louvre, Paris. The work shows a young woman dressed in a yellow shawl, holding up a pair of bobbins in her left hand as she carefully places a pin in the pillow on which she is making her...
- Woman with a Pearl NecklaceWoman with a Pearl NecklaceWoman with a Pearl Necklace is an oil painting by Jan Vermeer, produced between 1662 and 1665. It is now in the Gemäldegalerie Berlin....
- A Lady Writing a LetterA Lady Writing a LetterA Lady Writing a Letter is an oil painting attributed to 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is believed to have been completed around 1665. The Lady is seen to be writing a letter and has been interrupted, so gently turns her head to see what is happening...
- Lady Standing at a VirginalLady Standing at a VirginalLady Standing at a Virginal is a genre painting created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in about 1670-1672 and now in the National Gallery, London....
or Lady Seated at a VirginalLady Seated at a VirginalLady Seated at a Virginal, also known as Young Woman Seated at a Virginal, is a genre painting created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in about 1670-1672 and now in the National Gallery, London....
(the other was owned at the same time by Diego DuarteDiego DuarteDiego Duarte or Jacob Duarte was a 17th-century Portuguese jeweler, banker, composer, organist and art collector living in Antwerp, who owned paintings by Jan Vermeer, Raphael and others.-Biography:...
) - The Girl with the Wine GlassThe Girl with the Wine GlassThe Girl with the Wine Glass is a 1659-1660 painting by Johannes Vermeer, now in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Brunswick....
- Girl Interrupted at her MusicGirl Interrupted at her MusicGirl Interrupted at her Music is a painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. It was painted in the baroque style between the years 1660 and 1661, using oil on canvas.- Girl, Interrupted :...
or The ConcertThe Concert (Vermeer)The Concert is a painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. The 69 centimeter high by 63 centimeter wide picture depicts a man and two women playing music. It belongs to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, but was stolen in March 1990 and remains missing to this day... - The Guitar PlayerThe Guitar Player (Vermeer)The Guitar Player is a 1672 painting by Jan Vermeer, now on show in Kenwood House, London as part of the Iveagh Bequest.On February 23, 1974, the painting was stolen from Kenwood House, and held for a ransom of over $1,000,000US in food to be distributed on the Caribbean island of Grenada, or else...
- Mistress and MaidMistress and MaidMistress and Maid is a c.1667 painting by Jan Vermeer, now in the Frick Collection....
or *Girl Reading a Letter at an Open WindowGirl Reading a Letter at an Open WindowGirl Reading a Letter at an Open Window is an oil painting by Dutch Baroque painter Johannes Vermeer. Completed in approximately 1657–1659, the well-preserved painting is on display at the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden... - The Music LessonThe Music LessonThe Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Johannes Vermeer, also known as Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. It has been estimated to have been painted between 1662 and 1665. The medium of the work is oil on canvas...
Vermeer paintings now considered lost or unidentified
- Portrait of Vermeer with Various Accessories (sometimes thought to be The Art of Painting (Vermeer))
- Seigneur Washing his Hands
- A View of a House Standing in Delft
- A TronieTronieA tronie is a common type, or group of types, of works of Dutch Golden Age painting and Flemish Baroque painting that shows an exaggerated facial expression or a stock character in costume...
in Antique Dress (sometimes thought to be Girl with a Red HatGirl with a Red HatGirl with a Red Hat is a small painting by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, executed 1665-1666, in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C....
) and two other tronies (perhaps Portrait of a Young Woman (Vermeer, New York) and Girl with a Pearl EarringGirl with a Pearl EarringGirl with a Pearl Earring is a painting by Johannes Vermeer.Girl With a Pearl Earring may also refer to:* Girl with a Pearl Earring , by Tracy Chevalier* Girl with a Pearl Earring...
)
Others
- A seascape by Jan PorcellisJan PorcellisJan Porcellis was a Dutch marine artist.Porcellis was born in Ghent. He was the father of the marine artist Julius Porcellis , and is generally agreed to be the more fluent artist, particularly in his sense of space and his tonal palette...
- Four landscapes by Simon de VliegerSimon de VliegerSimon de Vlieger was a Dutch designer, draughtsman, and painter, most famous for his marine paintings.-Life:...
- Three church paintings by Emanuel de WitteEmanuel de WitteEmanuel de Witte was a Dutch perspective painter. In contrast to Pieter Jansz Saenredam, who emphasized architectural accuracy, De Witte was more concerned with the atmosphere of his interiors. Though few in number, de Witte also produced genre paintings.-Life:De Witte was born in Alkmaar and...
- A tronieTronieA tronie is a common type, or group of types, of works of Dutch Golden Age painting and Flemish Baroque painting that shows an exaggerated facial expression or a stock character in costume...
by Rembrandt - A portrait of Erasmus