Jan Lievens
Jan Lievens (24 October 1607 – 4 June 1674) was a Dutch painter, usually associated with Rembrandt, working in a similar style.
Biography
According to Arnold Houbraken, Jan was the son of Lieven Hendriksze, a tapestry worker (borduurwerker), and was trained by Joris Verschoten. He was sent to Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam at about the age of 10 for two full years. After that he began his career as an independent artist, at about the age of 12 in Leiden. He became somewhat of a celebrity because of his talent at such a young age. Specifically, his copy of Democriet & Herakliet by Cornelis van Haarlem (illustration), and a portrait of his mother Machtelt Jans van Noortzant, were admired. This attracted the attention of Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, around 1620, who bought a life-size painting of a young man reading by the light of a turf-fire. He gave this painting in turn to the English Ambassador, who presented it to James I. This was the reason why, when Lievens was 31, he was invited to the British court. When he returned from England via Calais, he settled in Antwerp, where he married Suzanna Colyn de Nole, the daughter of the sculptor Michiel Colyns, on 23 December 1638. In this period he won many commissions from royalty, mayors, and city halls. According to Houbraken, a Continence of Scipio was painted for the Leiden city hall. A poem by Joost van den Vondel was written in honor of a painting (a schoorsteenstuk, or over the mantel piece) he made for the mayor's office of the Amsterdam city hall (now the Royal Palace of Amsterdam) in 1661. According to the Amsterdams Historisch Museum, this piece survives and depicts Brinno raised on a shield with the Cananefates, after a similar painting by Otto van Veen in 1613.
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by: Lee EvansGotta 3 second memory
I live for now and not what is or isn't to be
Yeah that’s me
I gotta 3 second memory
Whatever you tell me...
Oh it's gone in 3...c'est la vie
Well I never get the feeling
There's anything that I’m missing
I'm way too busy living my life
It's such a strife
I don't try to think about
The ins or the outs
I'm way to busy trying to figure out the here and now
What’s that all about?
If I gotta choose
I get all confused
Haven’t got a clue
Of anything that's new
Or who the hell is who
If I gotta choose
I get all bemused
The moment I loose... ohhhh
The time to just muse
Just be amused
I never get the feeling
There's anything that I’m missing
I'm way too busy living my life
Life such a strife
I don't try to think about
The ins or the outs
I'm way to busy trying to figure out the here and now
What’s that all about?
I got no plans
For my life span
Whenever I can
Yeah I flim and I flam
Yeah that's ying and a yang
I got no plans
'cus I don't understand
Whenever I can
Ohhh I sing a song that I sang
The one I just began
I never get the feeling
There's anything that I’m missing
I'm way too busy living my life
It's such a strife
I don't try to think about
The ins or the outs
I'm way too busy trying to figure out the here and now
Oh what’s that all about?
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Do do do do dooo... ohhh
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I never get the feeling
There's anything that I’m missing
I'm way too busy living my life
Life is such a strife
I don't try to think about
The ins or the outs
I'm way too busy trying to figure out the here and now
Yeah, what’s that all about?
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