Jan Franse Verzijl

Jan Franse Verzijl (1599, Gouda – 1647, Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.

Regents of the Gouda orphanage with self-portrait upper left (behind his brother-in-law), 1644

Biography

Houbraken listed him with the Gouda painters Jan Damesz de Veth, Jan en Pieter Donker as noteworthy artists that he intended to include in his book of biographies.^[1] His source was Beschrijving der stad Gouda by Ignatius Walvis.^[1]

According to the RKD he was a follower of Caravaggio and is known for works in schuilkerkken.^[2] In 1644 he painted the regents of the orphanage of Gouda with a self-portrait of himself standing behind his brother-in-law Hart on the left.^[3] After his death his widow founded the Harten hofje in Gouda that was torn down in 1965.^[3]