Pynas came from Haarlem. In the first decade of the 17th century he was in Italy, where he studied Elsheimer's work. Subsequently he was active principally in Delft and Amsterdam. He was a painter of landscapes with mythological figures.
Jacob Pynas
1592/3 - after 1650
Paintings by Jacob Pynas
The young man staring into the pool in the foreground is Narcissus. According to the Roman poet Ovid, he was a man of extraordinary beauty but was also so proud that he spurned each of his suitors in turn. As a punishment, the goddess Nemesis led him to a pool where he fell so in love with his ow...
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