Oversigt
Det mest kendte maleri af Jan Ensing er Groningen Citizen, (1855), som er en del af samlingen på Groninger Museum, Groningen. De næste indlæg er Portrait of Agatha Geertruida Ensing (1845-1912) (1863) og Portrait of Paulus Kikkert (1839-1909) (1863). Katalogen dokumenterer 7 værker af Jan Ensing; de 7 nedenstående poster er de mest kendte, opført i rangorden med dato, museum og beskrivelse.
Jan Ensing: de 10 vigtigste malerier
Jan Ensing: museer med værker
Det museum, der rummer flest af malerierne på denne side.
| Museum | By | Værker af Jan Ensing | Malerier fra denne liste |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groningen | 7 | Groningen Citizen,, Portrait of Agatha Geertruida Ensing (1845-1912), Portrait of Paulus Kikkert (1839-1909) |
Jan Ensing: hovedværk for hvert årti
Værker per årti
Vælg et årti for at vise dets vigtigste maleri.
Gothic Porch and the Bread and Butter House on the southwest side of the Martinikerk in Groningen, Porch Martinikerk and the Butter and Bread House,
Jan Ensings malerier: reference-spørgsmål
Hvilket maleri af Jan Ensing er det mest kendte?Vis svaret
Groningen Citizen, (1855), Groninger Museum, Groningen. De følgende værker er Portrait of Agatha Geertruida Ensing (1845-1912) (1863) og Portrait of Paulus Kikkert (1839-1909) (1863).
Hvor gammel var Jan Ensing, da Groningen Citizen, blev malet?Vis svaret
36 år: Jan Ensing blev født i 1819, og Groningen Citizen, er dateret 1855.
Hvor mange værker af Jan Ensing er dokumenteret?Vis svaret
Kataloget indeholder 7 værker af Jan Ensing, dateret mellem 1837 og 1863.
Hvilke museer udstiller de mest kendte malerier af Jan Ensing?Vis svaret
Primært i Groninger Museum (Groningen). Tabellen over museer ovenfor viser den fulde fordeling.
I hvilken periode blev Jan Ensings mest kendte værker malet?Vis svaret
I 1860s: 3 af de 7 værker, der er listet på denne side, er dateret til den periode, herunder Portrait of Agatha Geertruida Ensing (1845-1912).
Hvilke er de tidligste og seneste værker af Jan Ensing på denne liste?Vis svaret
Det tidligste værk på listen er fra Gothic Porch and the Bread and Butter House on the southwest side of the Martinikerk in Groningen, Porch Martinikerk and the Butter and Bread House, (1837); det nyeste er fra Portrait of Agatha Geertruida Ensing (1845-1912) (1863).
Hvilke værker af Jan Ensing er i samlingen hos Groninger Museum?Vis svaret
Groningen Citizen,, Portrait of Agatha Geertruida Ensing (1845-1912) og Portrait of Paulus Kikkert (1839-1909) er blandt de 7 værker på denne side i Groninger Museum, Groningens samling.
Jan Ensing: biografiske noter
The Groningen Years
Groningen, 1819. A child is born to Jan Ensing, a local merchant, and Geertje Kuipers. The boy enters the Academie Minerva under the guidance of Jacob Bruggink, absorbing the fundamentals of line and light. By 1840, the art society Pictura recognizes his talent with an award for a painting depicting a taproom at a village inn. Two years later, another prize follows for his depiction of horses in a duck pond.
Life moves toward stability and structure. In 1842, he marries Catharina Jager. His professional identity expands beyond the canvas; he becomes a teacher, shaping minds at the Academie Minerva starting in 1850, and later instructing at various schools for women and elementary teachers throughout Groningen. He is a man of the academy and the classroom.
The Portraitist and the Academy
A significant shift occurs in 1854. The University of Groningen issues a commission: capture the likenesses of nineteen professors to celebrate the opening of their new Academy Building. This task anchors his reputation in the halls of Dutch academia. His brush records the faces of the university's intellectual elite, creating a gallery that remains housed in the Senate Chamber of the current Academy Building.
His technical reach extends into graphic arts and lithography. While his portraits command formal spaces, his sketches capture more fleeting, local realities. During visits to Vlaardingen to see his daughter Paula, he observes the lives of fishermen and their wives, leaving behind drawings that now reside in the Atlas Van Stolk.
A Legacy in Ink and Oil
The later years find him moving between roles as artist, lithographer, and educator. His work spans various subjects:
- Groenteverkoopster (1844): A study of a vegetable seller.
- Logger aan de kade: A work produced between 1865 and 1881.
- Portraiture: The definitive series of University of Groningen professors.
He retires from teaching in 1891, settling in Vlaardingen with his daughter's family. He dies on 19 December 1894. His traces remain in the Groninger Museum and the Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum, marking a life spent documenting both the prestigious and the everyday.


