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Pynas.
Family of Dutch painters and draughtsmen. The brothers (1) Jan Pynas and (2) Jacob Pynas came from an aristocratic Catholic family in Alkmaar; their father, Symon Jansz. Brouwer, became a citizen of Amsterdam in 1590. Their sister Meynsge married the artist Jan Tengnagel in 1611. By 1618, in a poem eulogizing the city of Amsterdam, Theodore Rodenburgh mentioned an artist by the name of Pynas as being celebrated in the city; however, it is not possible to be certain whether he was referring to Jan or Jacob. Until the 1930s the oeuvres of the two brothers were often confused and also generally subsumed in the category of works by followers of Adam Elsheimer. The following members have entries:
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