Jacobus Bisschop (1658 – 1697) was an 18th-century painter from the Dutch Republic.
Biography He was born and died in Dordrecht. According to Houbraken when his younger brother Abraham no longer needed him, he left for the Hague to follow lessons from Augustinus Terwesten. Jakobus Bisschop biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature After that he mostly made paintings for wall decorations in stately homes, at which pursuit he was quite successful.
According to the RKD he was the son of the genre painter Cornelis Bisschop and brother of the bird painter Abraham Busschop.Jacobus Bisschop in the RKD He became Terwesten's pupil in 1686 at the Confrerie Pictura. He became a member of the Dordrecht Guild of St. Luke.
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