Jacob van Loo (1614 - 1670)

• Was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age.
• Van Loo was born in Sluis, a town in the Dutch Republic. 
• In 1635, van Loo moved to Amsterdam.
• In 1642 he married Anna Lengele, the sister of the painter Martinus Lengele.
• The couple had six children, including the painters Jean van Loo and his brother Louis-Abraham van Loo.
• Their grandson was Jean-Baptiste van Loo.
• Van Loo settled in Paris, where, in 1663, he was admitted to the Académie de peinture et de sculpture.
• He died in Paris in 1670.
• The displayed painting is: Self-portrait of Jacob van Loo, ca. 1660, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
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