Jan Claesz Rietschoof
# Jan Claesz Rietschoof

Jan Claesz Rietschoof (1652–1719) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of seascapes.

## Biography

According to Houbraken he learned painting first from Abraham Liedts, and later from the renowned seascape painter Ludolf Bakhuizen.

## Paintings

His paintings today hang in various museums in the Netherlands. He taught his son Hendrik Rietschoof (1678–1747) how to paint; Hendrik's seascape and seaport drawings are online at the Amsterdam archives. In Hoorn he was a contemporary of the flower painter Jacob Rootius, who was the son of the influential schutterstuk painter Jan Albertsz Rotius.

