Jan "Winans" Wynantz

• BIRTH Bet. 1620–1640 - Netherlands/Prusso-Polish
• DEATH Dec 1694 - Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey USA

Birth

Wikipedia has him born in 1632 (only 8 when his son is born in 1640), therefore either he is born a dozen year or more earlier, had a son very young, the son was born later or this is not the father at all and simply someones diluted wishful thinking and not so masterful lie. [1] Ancestry has his birth much later between 1620-40 [2] , as well as, My Heritage 1615c - 1620 [3] while WikiTree is firm at 1620 [4] There needs to be some documentation.

Biography

Jan Jansz Wijnants (alternatively Wynants) (1632 – buried 23 January 1684) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
He was born in Haarlem, the son of a Catholic art dealer also named Jan Wijnants.[1] After his mother's death, his father remarried Maria Jans van Stralen, widow of Jasper Jaspersz van Heemskerck, and mother of the painter Egbert Jaspersz van Heemskerck, making Wijnants and Van Heemskerck stepbrothers.[1] Wijnants was active in Haarlem until 1660, after which he moved to Amsterdam.[1] He died in Amsterdam.

Wijnants is primarily known for his Italianate landscapes and paintings featuring topography.[1] The painters Nicolaes de Vree and Adriaen van de Velde trained in his studio and his style later had influence on the English artist, Thomas Gainsborough, the German artist Wilhelm von Kobell, and the Dutch artists Anthonie van Borssom and Willem Buytewech. [1]

Parents
Jan Wijnants
Senna Wijnants

Spouse
Luytgen Winans

Children
John "Jan" Winans, III
Barnabas Winans

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Wijnants

[2] https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/jan-winans-wynantz-24-28...

[3] https://www.myheritage.com/matchingresult-7d839d2a6c11371a8c70ababa...

[4] https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wynantz-1

[5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jan_Wijnants (has 24 pieces of artwork)