According to
Arnold Houbraken, van Bronckhorst apprenticed as an eleven-year-old with the glass engraver Verburgh in
Utrecht. He worked with him for 6 months and worked with two other Utrecht glassworkers before embarking on a
Grand Tour in 1620. He did not get far before he was offered work in
Arras by the glassworker Peeter Matthys. After six months, he continued to Paris in 1620, where he worked with the glassworker Chamu. He returned to Utrecht in 1622, where
Cornelis Poelenburg taught him to paint. He married Catalijntje van Noort in 1626. He frequented the studio of
Gerard van Honthorst. In 1647 he moved to Amsterdam where he created the
stained glass windows and the organ doors (almost the only area in a
Calvinist church where figurative painting was sometimes allowed) of the
Nieuwe Kerk (finished in 1655). He has been described as the last of the great stained glass painters in Holland. Unlike his work for churches, his secular paintings show the influence of
Caravaggio, and also show a striking appeal to sensuality. Among his pupils are counted his sons
Jan Jansz and Gerrit Jansz, and
Cesar van Everdingen. Image:Bronckhorst, Jan Gerritsz. van (1603-1661) - Muzikaal gezelschap aan een balustrade.jpg|
Musical Company at a Balustrade File:Jan G. van Bronckhorst The procuress.jpg|
The procuress, 1636–1638,
Brukenthal National Museum File:Jan Gerrit van Bronchorst - Young man playing a theorbo (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza).jpg|
Young man playing a theorbo, 1642–1645,
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza ==References==