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Jan van der Heyden

Also known as: Jan van der Heyden; primary name: Heyden, Jan van der
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; Dutch; Male
Life dates: 1637-1712
Biography: Painter, glass-painter and draughtsman active in Amsterdam, specialising in town views. Born in Gorkum; 1646 family moved to Amsterdam where he witnessed the fire of the old Town Hall in 1652. Trained as a mirror manufacturer and glass-painter, from 1660 active as a painter. Travelled to Cologne. Married Sara ter Hiel in Amsterdam in 1661. Had second career as inventor (manufacturing a new streetlamp, 1668) and as fire-expert (designing an improved fire pump, 1671). With his brother Nicolaas appointed as supervisors of the city fire pumps in 1673. Head of the Amsterdam fire-fighting in Amsterdam until 1692 when he passed on this position to his son Jan. He died a wealthy man.
Bibliography: Peter C. Sutton, 'Jan van der Heyden (1637-1712)', Bruce Museum, Greenwich Conn. and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2006.

95 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1872,1012.3288 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.319 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Jan van der HeydenFormerly attributed to:Josua de Grave |
Production date: 1662-1712

drawing

Museum number: 1868,0612.1603 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Otto HeidenFormerly attributed to:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 17thC

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1895,0915.1172 |
Producer name: BIOG31448 Drawn by:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,1109.506 |
Producer name: BIOG31448 Drawn by:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1836,0811.318 |
Producer name: BIOG31448 Drawn by:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1895,0915.1171 |
Producer name: BIOG31448 Drawn by:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5032 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5017 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5021 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5028 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.300 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurens SchermAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.295 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.285 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.281 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.292 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.290 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.284 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.291 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.289 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.298 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Cabinet du Duc de Choiseul Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux du |
Museum number: 1858,0417.1129 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Balthasar Anton Dunker |
Production date: 1771

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.293 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.283 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.287 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.297 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.280 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.296 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Les principaux tableaux du Musée Royal à La Haye, gravés au trait, avec leur description |
Museum number: 1987,0725.55.1-100 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham Lion ZeelanderPrint made by:Jan Frederik Lange |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print

Title: Cabinet du Duc de Choiseul Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux du |
Museum number: 1858,0417.1130 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Carl Guillaume Weisbrod |
Production date: 1771

print

Title: Cabinet du Duc de Choiseul Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux du |
Museum number: 1858,0417.1127 |
Producer name: BIOG31448 After:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1771

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.81 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1713-1780

print

Title: Augustus Iunior Dux Brunswicensium et Lunæburgensium |
Museum number: 1874,0711.792 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jakob von der HeydenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1639

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.6497 |
Producer name: BIOG31448 After:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5031 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5026 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5020 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Canal près de Delft |
Museum number: 1861,1109.102 |
Producer name: Published by:François BasanAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1750-1789 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5037 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurens SchermAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1699 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.282 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5022 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.301 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurens SchermAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1699 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1849,0421.279 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Museum number: 1875,0410.461 |
Producer name: Print made by:L P F GarreauAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1808

print

Title: Cabinet Poullain Collection de cent-vingt estampes gravées d'après |
Museum number: 1853,1008.429 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Nicolas Colibert |
Production date: 1781

print; book-illustration

Title: Een stads gezigt Une vue de ville |
Museum number: 1857,0613.651 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Huib van Hove |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Printed in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: The Draw Bridge Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.545 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:J F Dauthemare |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Draw Bridge Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1470 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:J F Dauthemare |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.6498 |
Producer name: BIOG31448 After:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5033 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1986,1213.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurens SchermAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1931,1114.441 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1931,1114.440 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5036 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurens SchermAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1699 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Cabinet Poullain Collection de cent-vingt estampes gravées d'après |
Museum number: 1853,1008.430 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Louis Legrand |
Production date: 1781

print

Title: Cabinet du Duc de Choiseul Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux du |
Museum number: 1858,0417.1131 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Jeanne Deny |
Production date: 1771

print

Title: Iohannes Georgius, Postulatus Administrat. Episcopatus Argent Marchio Brandenb: 1604 |
Museum number: 1930,0414.168 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jakob von der HeydenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1604

print

Title: Johan van der Heide |
Museum number: 1893,0516.154 |
Producer name: BIOG32119 Print made by:Jacob Houbraken |
Production date: 1720-1780

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5035 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurens SchermAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5030 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5024 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Vue de l'hôtel de ville d'Amsterdam Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.834 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Claude Niquet |
Production date: 1804-1815

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.304 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurens SchermAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Eglise et place d'une ville de Hollande Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.1014 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Claude Niquet |
Production date: 1802

print

Title: Vue de Hollande |
Museum number: 2006,U.1009 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenAfter:Adriaen van de Velde |
Production date: 1898

print

Title: Imperiale e reale Galleria di Firenze |
Museum number: 1857,0411.187 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Jean Thomas |
Production date: 1841-1842

print

Museum number: 1839,1012.117 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter Pietersz. HolsteynAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1630-1674

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.7360 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1713-1780

print

Title: Galerie Leuchtenberg |
Museum number: 1851,1213.254 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nepomuk MuxelAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1835-1840

print

Title: Das Schloss Die Kaiserliche königliche Bildergalerie im Belved |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1468 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Johann Friedrich Rosmäsler |
Production date: 1821-1828

print

Title: Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun |
Museum number: 1851,0326.161 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Robert Daudet |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5034 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5025 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5023 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5029 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5019 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5027 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5018 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.299 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurens SchermAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.288 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Cabinet du Duc de Choiseul Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux du |
Museum number: 1858,0417.1128 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Balthasar Anton Dunker |
Production date: 1771

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.294 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Title: The River-Bank |
Museum number: 1861,0810.343 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Jacques OuthwaiteAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1854

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5038 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurens SchermAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1699 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.286 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VianenAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.302 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurens SchermAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0421.303 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurens SchermAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Vue d'une petite ville de Hollande Musée Français |
Museum number: 1859,0806.578 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:François Jacques Dequevauviller |
Production date: 1820

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1878,0511.231 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léon GaucherelAfter:Jan van der Heyden |
Production date: 1845-1878

print

Title: Vue d'un village Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.990 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Claude Niquet |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: Place d'une ville de Hollande Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.858 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Claude Niquet |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: Vue d'une ville de Hollande Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.870 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Hulek |
Production date: 1802

print

Title: Village sur le bord d'un canal Musée Français |
Museum number: 1856,0712.507 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Robert Daudet |
Production date: 1807

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The River-Bank |
Museum number: 1872,1012.2282 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenPrint made by:Jean Jacques Outhwaite |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Un quai à Amsterdam |
Museum number: 1877,0210.436 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der HeydenAfter:Adriaen van de Velde |
Production date: 1875

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