Jacob Weier or Weyer probably trained in Holland as he painted imitations of Dutch works. He made some genre paintings, but mostly painted camp or battle scenes. His first dated works are of 1645. He was appointed official painter in Hamburg in 1648.
Jacob Weier
active 1645; died 1670
Paintings by Jacob Weier
Weier, who trained in Holland, specialised in battle scenes. This one is typical of the pictures he made in imitation of the Dutch painter Philips Wouwerman. Compare it for example with Wouwerman’s frenetic battle scene, Cavalry making a Sortie from a Fort on a Hill, which is also in the National...
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