Jacobus Mancadan

Jacobus Sibrandi Mancadan (c. 1602 in Minnertsga – 4 October 1680 in Tjerkgaast)[1] was a Dutch Golden Age painter mostly known for his pastoral landscapes.

Mancadan is considered one of the most important Frisian landscape painters of the Dutch Golden Age.

[2] His landscapes were either idealized in the Italian manner or more naturalistic and depicting recognizable features of his native Friesland region.

[2] Mancadan also served as a government official and apparently did not begin painting until midway through his life.

[3] In 1658, he became involved in peatwinning in the southeast of Friesland and was one of initiators of the canal dug to Bakkeveen.