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Historical Artist - Jacob Backer (1595 - 1624)
Jacob Adriaensz Backer (Harlingen, Netherlands, 1609 - Amsterdam, Aug 27, 1651) was a Dutch Golden Age
painter. He produced about 140 paintings in twenty years. In his style he was influenced by
Wybrand de Geest, Rubens and Abraham Bloemaert. Also his drawings (male and female nudes) are
highly interesting and skillful. He never painted a town- or landscape. Backer never married,
never bought a house, and might have lived with his brother. He never was involved in a scandal.
Backer was an excellent painter of religious and mythological paintings. He was especially
interested in pastoral subjects. Backer was one of the best in painting hands and feet. In fact,
he was a leading artist in Amsterdam until his premature death in 1651. He was buried in the
Noorderkerk. In the Rembrandthuis can now be seen the first exhibition ever on Backer.
Contemporary Dutch Artists
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