Jan Baptist van der Meiren

Jan Baptist van der Meiren[1] (Antwerp, 1664 – in or after 1708) was a Flemish painter specializing in small, usually animated landscapes, harbour views and battle scenes with numerous figures.

[3] Jan Baptist van der Meiren was very successful working in the established Flemish genres and enjoyed the international patronage of prominent collectors such as Elisabeth Farnese.

[2] Jan Baptist van der Meiren painted small landscapes with scenes of Italianised markets and ports in the same vein as Pieter Bout.

The Antwerp art dealers Forchondt commissioned him to enliven for the export a number of landscapes by other artists such as Adriaen Frans Boudewyns and Lucas van Uden.

[2] Van der Meiren's work influenced other Antwerp painters such as Arnold Frans Rubens and Peter Tillemans.