Back جان فان دير هايدن ARZ Ян ван дер Хейден Bulgarian Jan van der Heyden Catalan Jan van der Heyden German Γιαν φαν ντερ Χέιντεν Greek Jan van der Heyden Esperanto Jan van der Heyden Spanish Jan van der Heyden Basque یان فن در هیدن Persian Jan van der Heyden French
Jan van der Heyden | |
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 Portrait of Jan van der Heyden | |
| Born | March 5, 1637 |
| Died | March 28, 1712 (aged 75) |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, engineer, city official |
| Spouse | Sarah Terhiel |
| Children | Jan, Samuel, Sarah |
| Parent(s) | Jan Goriszoon, Neeltje Jans Munster |
Jan van der Heyden (5 March 1637, Gorinchem – 28 March 1712, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Baroque-era painter, glass painter, draughtsman and printmaker. Van der Heyden was one of the first Dutch painters to specialize in townscapes and became one of the leading architectural painters of the Dutch Golden Age. He painted a number of still lifes in the beginning and at the end of his career.[1]
Jan van der Heyden was also an engineer and inventor who made significant contributions to contemporary firefighting technology. Together with his brother Nicolaes, who was a hydraulic engineer, he invented an improvement of the fire hose in 1672.[2] He modified the manual fire engine, reorganised the volunteer fire brigade (1685) and wrote and illustrated the first firefighting manual (Brandspuiten-boek). A comprehensive street lighting scheme for Amsterdam, designed and implemented by van der Heyden, remained in operation from 1669 until 1840 and was adopted as a model by many other towns and abroad.[1]
- ^ a b Lyckle de Vries. "Heyden, Jan van der." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 13 July 2016
- ^ The fire hose pump was invented by Hans Hautsch, "Jan van der Heiden". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-15.