Jan van Neck (1634-1714),

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

• He was born in Naarden and became a painter, draftsman, engraver, and interior decorator.

• According to Houbraken his father was a doctor who apprenticed him to Jacob Adriaensz Backer to learn draftsmanship.

• He painted historical allegories, portraits, and scenes of naked women bathing.

• Houbraken wrote that he was a friendly man with many entertaining stories, and he consulted him as a source for his books while he was bedridden.

• He mentions that Neck was a great friend of Dirck Ferreris, whose collection of drawings and papierkunst or paper-art came into his possession on his death.

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