Explore: Jan Siberechts

(1627 - 1703)

Jan Siberechts, Flemish painter of landscape in oil and watercolour, was baptised in Antwerp, where his father was a sculptor. He settled in England in around 1672, and remained in the country until his death. He developed a Flemish landscape style, and in England he perfected a type of country-house portrait and made some remarkable bird’s-eye views of country estates.