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Jacob van Loo (1614 – 26 November 1670) was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age, chiefly active in Amsterdam and, after 1660, in Paris. Van Loo is known for his conversational groupings; particularly his mythological and biblical scenes generally attributed to the genre of History painting.
Jacob van Loo. Sluis, 1614-París, 1670. Print page. Son of the genre painter Jan van Loo, with whom he first trained, Jacob van Loo was born in 1614 in Sluis near Bruges. In 1642 he is documented in Amsterdam where he married Anna Lengele, sister of the painter Maerten Lengele.
Biography. Jacob van Loo was born in Sluis, in Zeelandic Flanders near Bruges, in 1614. His father, Jacques van Loo, was a notary. He also spent part of his youth in Vlissingen and Middelburg. 1 We do not know who taught Van Loo to paint.
Die Dresdner Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister besitzt zwei Werke des holländischen Historien- und Porträtmalers Jacob van Loo (Sluis 1614–1670 Paris), eines erst in jüngerer Zeit in seiner außergewöhnlichen künstlerischen Qualität und schulbildenden Bedeutung erkannten Meisters.
His son Jacob van Loo was a history and genre painter working in Amsterdam in the Dutch tradition before moving to Paris, where he distinguished himself as a portrait painter. Jacob first trained with his father, Jan van Loo, and seems to have been influenced in his youth by Thomas de Keyser and Jacob Backer.
Jacob van Loo, Allegorie des Glücks, 1655, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Staatsgalerie in der Neuen Residenz Bamberg, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/de/artwork/01G1dKeLkE (Zuletzt aktualisiert am 19.06.2023)
Group of Musicians - Loo, Jacob van. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Jacob van Loo settled in Amsterdam in 1652 where he worked until 1660, at which date he was obliged to flee to Paris to escape justice following his possible involvement in a serious crime.
