Jan van Call (1655–1703) was an artist born, according to Descamps, at Nijmegen in 1655.
His first attempts were made in copying the landscapes of Jan Brueghel, Paulus Bril, and Willem van Nieulant, and he studied attentively the principles of perspective and architecture.
He afterwards travelled through Switzerland to Italy, and, during a residence of some years at Rome, formed an ample collection of designs from the most picturesque views in the environs of that capital.
His drawings are more esteemed than his pictures; they are purchased at considerable prices in the Netherlands, where they are found in the choicest collections.
A series of views from his drawings, chiefly representing scenes on the Rhine, have been published by Schenk.