Jan Willem Pieneman

Jan Willem Pieneman was an artist whose documented active period spanned from 1805 to 1841. Pieneman is represented by ten paintings held in institutional holdings, with the primary collection being the Rijksmuseum.

The artist’s documented output reveals a focus on both historical narrative scenes and formal portraiture. Pieneman created large-scale works addressing key historical moments, such as Jacob Simonsz de Rijk getting the Spanish Governor-General Requesens to Release Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, 1575 and The Voluntary Sacrifice of Reverend Hambroeck on Taiwan, 1662. These works demonstrate the period’s demand for detailed and evocative history painting.

Pieneman also maintained a practice in portraiture, capturing contemporary figures like the poet Hendrik Harmen Klijn (1773-1856). Dichter and the commissioned Portrait of Sara de Haan, Widow of the Amsterdam Underwriter Cornelis Hartsen. The existence of ten documented paintings within major collections confirms Pieneman’s standing as a working professional in the early nineteenth century. As these museum-quality works are now often in the public domain, they are widely available as high-quality prints for scholars and collectors seeking Jan Willem Pieneman prints.