Victors was born in
Amsterdam. He was described in a
Haarlem tax listing in 1622 as a student of
Rembrandt van Rijn. Though it is not certain that he worked for Rembrandt, it is clear from his
Young girl at a window that he had looked carefully at Rembrandt's paintings. He was only twenty when he painted this scene, and the look of expectation on the girl's face shows a remarkable study of character. He seems to have abandoned painting well before the
rampjaar of 1672, when, like many painters in Amsterdam, he fell onto bad times and took a position as
ziekentrooster (), a role as professional nurse and cleric, with the
Dutch East India Company in 1676. He probably died soon after arrival in
Indonesia, then the
Dutch East Indies. File:Jan Victors 001.jpg|
The Banishment of Hagar and Ishmael, 1635
Budapest. File:Jan Victors - Jong meisje aan het venster.jpg|
Young girl at a window, 1640,
Louvre. File:Abraham and Isaac before the Sacrifice, Jan Victors, 1642.jpg|
Abraham and Isaac before the Sacrifice,
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1642. File:Victors Esau and the mess of pottage.jpg|
Esau and the Mess of Pottage, 1653. File:Jan Victors, "Cornelis de Graeff als Isaak mit seiner Frau Catharina Hoof als Rebecca mit ihren Söhnen Pieter und Jacob als Jacob und Esau".jpg|Allegory of
Cornelis de Graeff as leader of his people: Cornelis de Graeff as
Isaac with his wife
Catharina Hooft as
Rebecca with their sons
Pieter and
Jacob de Graeff as
Jacob and
Esau (1652) ==References==