Justus van Huysum

Justus van Huysum, also spelled Huijsum, (July 8, 1659 in Amsterdam – April 23, 1716 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Justus van Huysum
Flowers in a vase on a stone slab, 1693
Born(1659-07-08)July 8, 1659
Amsterdam
DiedApril 23, 1716(1716-04-23) (aged 56)
Amsterdam
NationalityDutch
Known forPainting

Biography

He was the son of the decorative painter Jan van Huysum I and the brother of the engraver Caspar van Huysum. The elder Jan van Huysum moved to Amsterdam from Huizum (near Leeuwarden) between 1654 and 1657, where his boys Justus and Caspar were born.[1] According to Houbraken, when Justus came of age, his father sent him to learn painting from Nicolaes Berchem in 1675.[2] Houbraken said he was very good at all sorts of painting, but excelled at flower painting, and founded a family business in painting flowers in vases. He later married and became the father of Jan van Huysum, Jacob van Huysum, and Justus II van Huysum.[3] One painting by him named "Vase of Flowers" was stolen by the Nazis from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence Italy – it is believed to still exist in Germany.[4]

References
  1. Jan van Huysum I in the RKD
  2. (in Dutch) Justus van Huisum biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  3. Justus van Huysum I in the RKD
  4. Might this Nazi stolen painting be returned? BBC News
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