Jan Claesz Rietschoof (1651–1719) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of seascapes.
According to Houbraken he theoretical painting first from Abraham Liedts, and well along from the well-known seascape painter Ludolf Bakhuizen.
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.
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