Jan Simonsz. Pynas (1583/84–1631)
• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• Jan travelled to Italy in 1605 with Pieter Lastman.
• 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.
• Jan died in Amsterdam; Jacob survived him by many years.