Jan Portielje

Jan Frederik Pieter Portielje (20 April 1829, Amsterdam – 6 February 1908, Antwerp) was a Dutch-Belgian painter of genre scenes and portraits; mostly of women.

From 1842 to 1849, he studied at the Koninklijke Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten [nl] with Valentijn Bing and Jan Braet von Überfeldt [de].

He made several extended stays in Paris from 1851 to 1853 and worked as a portraitist, with a large clientele in both Brussels and Antwerp, where he eventually settled.

He also collaborated with other painters, such as Eugène Rémy Maes [de] and Frans Lebret (1820–1909), who provided the backgrounds and foreground details for his portraits.

He had a major showing at the Exposition Internationale d'Anvers (1894), and was a regular participant in the Exhibition of Living Masters from 1848 to 1888.