Jacob Pynas

Brouwer (d. 1624), a wealthy Catholic merchant from Alkmaar, and Oude Neel Jacobsdr van Harencarspel.

[3] Symon Brouwer adopted the name Pynas (Dutch: pinas, 'pinnance') in 1594 after purchasing a property in the center of Amsterdam called 'At the Sign of the Pinnance'.

[4] According to Arnold Houbraken, a contemporary engraver and biographer, Rembrandt studied with Pynas for a few months in 1625 following his apprenticeship with the painter Pieter Lastman before opening his own studio in Leiden.

[6] Pynas became a citizen of Delft in 1631 and joined the St. Luke's Guild the following year.

[6] The Pynas brothers were grouped within Dutch artists called the Pre-Rembrandtists.