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Jacob van Oost

Flemish Baroque painter (1603-1671)
Person human Q388619

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
1603, July 1, 1603, 1601, 1601[2][7][8][9]
Date of death
1671, 1671, 1671[4][10][11]
Place of birth
Bruges
Place of death
Bruges
Country of citizenship
Habsburg Netherlands[14]
Occupation
painter, designer
Position held
court painter[15]
Child
Jacob van Oost the Younger[13]
Genre
portrait[17]
Work location
Bruges, Italy, Bruges, Bruges, Bruges, Bruges, Bruges, Bruges, Bruges, Bruges[20][21][22]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired, copyrights on works have expired
Described by source
Lives of Flemish, German, and Dutch painters, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Family name
Oost, van[18]
Given name
Jacob[19]
Has works in the collection
Auckland Art Gallery, Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Groeningemuseum, Nantes Museum of Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Philadelphia Museum of Art, National Gallery, Hermitage Museum, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Mauritshuis, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Fitzwilliam Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Frederiksborg Palace, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Ulster Museum, Calvet Museum, Royal Castle in Warsaw, Sint-Salvatorskathedraal, Grosvenor Museum, Bode Museum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Musea Brugge, Courtauld Gallery, Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes, Church of Our Lady
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library
P14608
130417653
Place of burial
Bruges[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en le vieux Van-Oost en le vieux J. van Oost en le vieux Jacq. van Oost en le Vieux Jacques van Oost en dit le Vieux Jacques Van Oost en Ivan Oost en Jacob de Oude Van Oost en Jacob I van Oost en Jacob I van Ost en Jacob I Vanost en Jacob Oost en Jacob van I Oost en Jacob van, I, the elder Oost en Jacob van Oost en Jacob Van Oost en Jacob Van Oost el Viejo en Jacob van Oost I the elder en Jacob van Oost the Elder en Jacob van, the elder Oost en Jacques I van Oost
🔖 Identifiers · 40
ISNI
0000000115787123
VIAF cluster ID
95680922
Library of Congress authority ID
n86022488
GND ID
130417653
AbART person ID
34308
Alvin ID
alvin-person:29507
Art Renewal Center artist ID
4782
Art UK artist ID
van-oost-the-elder-jacob-16031671
Artists of the World ID
00084943T
Athenaeum person ID
6832
Auckland Art Gallery artist ID
2047
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16936742g
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Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID
35594716
Boijmans artist ID
13745
British Museum person or institution ID
40640
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
oost-jacob
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00675968
Christie's creator ID
56256
Described at URL
www.biografiasyvidas.com
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
130417653
Dictionnaire des peintres belges ID
5810
Discogs artist ID
4685534
ECARTICO person ID
5743
FAST ID
1839374
Freebase ID
/m/0n_5kj6
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991004496829707141
Grove Art Online ID
T063606
IdRef ID
226222470
Invaluable.com person ID
p54fpba4i0
MusicBrainz artist ID
63686c63-a6b7-4177-9455-a493d8ead4bf
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071490205
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
15859
RKDartists ID
60660
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
85962
Union List of Artist Names ID
500000061
Web Gallery of Art artist ID
o/oost/elder
Web umenia creator ID
1287786
Wellcome Collection concept ID
a5q3z765
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdWJdbyfWh7MjfxGQRYfq
Yale LUX ID
person/c6ecbf61-8c35-4dfe-8991-1a876583da26

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 29
Hermitage Museum, National Gallery, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Mauritshuis, Bode Museum, Royal Castle in Warsaw, Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna +21 more
Work location 10
Italy, Bruges, Bruges, Bruges, Bruges, Bruges, Bruges, Bruges +2 more
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Lives of Flemish, German, and Dutch painters
Occupation 2
painter, designer
Child 1
Jacob van Oost the Younger
Children (paternal) 1
Jacob van Oost the Younger
Country of citizenship 1
Habsburg Netherlands
Genre 1
portrait
Given name 1
Jacob
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Bruges
Place of burial 1
Bruges
Place of death 1
Bruges
Position held 1
court painter
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Trinity College
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Summary

Born in Bruges[1], he… he was born on January 1, 1603[2]. He died in Bruges[3]. He died on January 1, 1671[4]. He worked as a painter[5] and designer[6].

FAQs

Where was Jacob van Oost born?

Jacob van Oost's place of birth was Bruges[1].

Where did Jacob van Oost die?

Jacob van Oost passed away in Bruges[3].

What did Jacob van Oost do for work?

Jacob van Oost worked as painter[5] and designer[6].

Related Entities

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Bode Museum Bruges Fitzwilliam Museum Gemäldegalerie Berlin Groeningemuseum Hermitage Museum Italy Kunsthistorisches Museum Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon National Gallery Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Trinity College

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  1. 8w ago · Hannolans · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection → Auckland Art Gallery, Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) +30
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has works in the collection: Church of Our Lady, Add works in collection based on a work"
  2. 17w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14608 → 130417653
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14608: 130417653, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783130387391"
  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child → Jacob van Oost the Younger
    Copyright status as a creator → copyrights on works have expired, copyrights on works have expired
    Genre → portrait
    Instance of → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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