_Jan van Bylert_ (Dutch: 1603-1671).
A painter of Utrecht; entered the Guild of Painters there in
1630, and repeatedly filled the office of its Dean. Studied at
Utrecht under A. Bloemaert, and afterwards visited Italy and
France. His works are numerous in the galleries of Amsterdam
and Utrecht.
They are plain old people, truth to tell, this group of two Dutch
housewives and a Dutch burgher, and they are somewhat too obviously
sitting for their portraits. How prim and neat all the surroundings
are! how pretty is the trailing rose on the balustrade! and with what
quiet, unobtrusive fidelity the whole picture is painted!