Student Artwork Guide
Copyright This work is in the public domain. Jacob van Oost died in 1671; copyright lasts 70 years after the artist’s death, so it ended in 1741.
In context
Saint John — Jacob van Oost
The original measures 56 × 42 cm (height × width), drawn here beside an adult of average height.
Row above: the years. Row below: how old the artist was at the start and at the end of each span — 0 at birth, 68 at death.
Painted when the artist was 27. The artist lived to 68. 1 of the 26 dated works by this artist in our catalogue came earlier.
Shaded: the lifetime of Jacob van Oost (1603–1671) ▲ this work, 1630 every dated painting, decade by decade
First works: up to 1640 Main working years: 1640–1660 Late works: from 1660
Those three bands split the works this catalogue has a date for into a first quarter, a middle half and a last quarter. They are not the artist’s complete output: a thin stretch may be a gap in the record rather than a quiet spell. The same years with the artist’s life laid along them
Pick one work above: name two things it shares with this one, and one thing that's different.
More works to set beside this one: artsdot.com/en/art/similar/saint-john-by-jacob-van-oost/
Measured from the image
Main colour
Clay #947033
Catalogued palette
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Look closely
Saint John — Jacob van Oost
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Jacob van Oost was 27 years old when creating "Saint John" in 1630. The age is computed from the artist's birth year, 1603.
Works similar to "Saint John" are listed on the artwork's Similars page.
The creation of "Saint John" by Jacob van Oost is dated 1630.