Jan de Beijer

Jan de Beijer , also given as Jan de Beyer, was a Dutch draughtsman and painter known for this drawings of towns and buildings in the presentday countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In total, he produced some 1500 drawings, over 600 of which were reproduced as engravings by other artists.

Jan de Beijer was born in Switzerland to Johan Jacob de Beijer and his wife Maria Barbara Huisch. His father was a Dutch officer who was in Switzerland to hire mercenaries for the army of the Dutch Republic. At the age of six, he moved with his parents to Emmerich on the DutchGerman border.

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