Jan Lagoor

Landscape with a boatsman at a river's edge

Johan, or Jan Lagoor (1620 – 1660), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

He was born in Gorinchem but moved to Haarlem by 1645 where he married and became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke.^[1] In 1649 he was a vinder of the guild and during the years 1645-1651 he was a member of the Haarlem schutterij.^[1] In 1653 he moved to Amsterdam where his daughter was baptized in 1658. He was declared bankrupt in 1659 and left the city, and nothing is known of him after that.

References

1 2 Jan Lagoor in the RKD

Paintings by Jan Lagoor at the Art UK site
Jan Lagoor on Artnet

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 95862237 BPN: 35205061 ULAN: 500029253 RKD: 47422

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