Jan J. Hinlopen
| Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen | |
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Jan J. Hinlopen in 1666, with his new wife Lucia Wijbrants. Painting by Bartholomeus van der Helst, now in a private collection
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| Born | Amsterdam, 1626 |
| Died | Amsterdam, 1666, Plague? |
| Resting place | Nieuwe Kerk |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | Dealing in real estate, cloth, juridical advisor in the city hall |
| Employer | Self-employed |
| Known for | Art collecting, poems by Jan Vos |
| Spouse(s) | 1) Leonore Huydecoper of Maarseveen (1657-63) 2) Lucia Wijbrants (1664-66) |
| Children | Jacob, Johanna Maria, Sara and Geertrui |
| Parent(s) | Jacob J. Hinlopen & Sara de Wael |
| Relatives | (Cata)lijntje (1619), Jacob (1621), Sara (1623), Frans (1628) |
Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen (May 10, 1626 – September 4, 1666) was a rich Dutch cloth merchant, an officer in the civic guard, a real estate developer in the Jordaan, alderman in the city council and a keen art collector. He would have been elected as a burgomaster, if he had not died at the age of forty, an age considered acceptable to be eligible. He was a prominent patron of the arts in his time, and there is some speculation on being an influential protector of Rembrandt and it is likely that he had good connections with Gabriel Metsu. Hinlopen, like his father-in-law, Joan Huydecoper I, is known in art history because of the poems by Jan Vos reciting the paintings in his house and members of the family. These paintings are spread all over the world, the poems nearly forgotten.
Jan J. Hinlopen was born as the son of the merchant Jacob J. Hinlopen (1582–1629), who traded spices and ship chandlery. The family origins were in Brabant, then the Southern Netherlands. After Antwerp had been occupied by the Spanish, Protestants, who did not want to convert to Catholicism, were ordered to sell their homes and immoveable possessions and depart. Within four years many Flemish cities lost half of their population emigrating to the north. It is possible the family moved in an earlier stage to the North and in 1572 escaped from Naarden, where all the inhibitants were killed in a massacre. Anyhow, the new immigrants lived in a house on the Nieuwendijk, named "Hinlopen" and very close to the harbour. The name of house has to do with Hindelopen, the small town in the North, producing many skippers and sailors.
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