Jan Simonsz. Pynas (1583/84–1631)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

• According to Houbraken the brothers Jan and Jacob Pynas were good at landscapes and figures, but Jan was better than Jacob.

• Jan travelled to Italy in 1605 with Pieter Lastman.

• Jan made two trips to Italy in 1605 and 1617 and it is not certain his brother accompanied him.

• In Rome he was friends with Adam Elsheimer, Pieter Lastman, and Jacob Ernst Thomann von Hagelstein.

• Jan's sister Meynsge married the artist Jan Tengnagel in 1611.

• He became the teacher of Bartholomeus Breenberg and Steven van Goor. 

• The Pynas brothers are known to have signed their works "J. Pynas." 

• Jan died in Amsterdam.

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