Jan Hackaert
{{Short description|Dutch Golden Age painter}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Jan Hackaert
| image = SK-A-1709.jpg
| caption = Landscape with Lake Zurich.
| birth_date = {{birth date|1628|2|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands
| death_date = {{death year and age|1685|1628}}
| death_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands
| nationality = Dutch
| field = Landscape painting
| movement = Baroque
}}
Jan Hackaert ({{IPA|nl|jɑn ˈɦɑkaːrt}}; 1628–1685) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
He travelled in Germany and Switzerland, and painted and sketched mostly landscapes.[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/35078 Jan Hackaert in RKD] He would sketch miners at work in the mountains, and on more than one occasion this caused him trouble because the workers couldn't understand what he was doing. They felt he was either a spy or hexing them and made a complaint.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_0275.htm Jan Hakkert biography] in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature Because Italianate landscapes were so fashionable, his Lake Zurich was mistaken for an Italian lake for years.
He painted the landscape backgrounds for other painters, such as Nicolas Berchem[http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-hackaert-and-nicolaes-berchem-a-stag-hunt-in-a-forest Jan Hackaert at the National Gallery] and Adriaen van de Velde.[http://www.museumbredius.nl/schilders/hackaert_nl.htm Jan Hackaert at museum Bredius.]
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