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[[Image:J. Blanckerhoff Seascape with lighthouse of Genoa.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Seascape with lighthouse of Genoa.]]
'''Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff''' or '''Jan Maat''', (10 January 1628, [[Alkmaar]] – buried 2 October 1669, [[Amsterdam]]<ref>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/8890 Blankerhoff, Jan Theunisz] at the [[RKD]] databases</ref>) was a [[Dutch Golden Age]] [[Marine art|marine]] painter.
==Biography==
He was taught by the Alkmaar painter Arent Teerling, and later by [[Pieter van Schaeyenborgh|Pieter Scheyenburg]] and still later again by [[Cesar van Everdingen]], who encouraged him to travel. He became a member of the [[Bentvueghels]] in [[Rome]] and was given the bent name ''Jan Maat''. He started on landscapes but switched to seascapes.
According to Houbraken, his most popular pieces were of Italian ports with strange boats moored here. He had a student, {{ill|Arnout Smit|fr}}, in Amsterdam, who followed his style.<ref>
[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_0265.htm Jan Teunisz. Blankhof biography] in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by [[Arnold Houbraken]], courtesy of the [[Digital library for Dutch literature]]</ref>
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[[Category:1628 births]]
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[[Category:Dutch Golden Age painters]]
[[Category:Dutch male painters]]
[[Category:Dutch marine artists]]
[[Category:Painters from Alkmaar]]
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