{{Short description|Dutch painter}} thumb|right|220px|''An Extensive River Scene with Sailboat'', Rademakers Collection '''Jacobus Theodorus "Jacob" Abels''' (1803–1866) was a Dutch painter.

==Life== Abels was born in Amsterdam in 1803. He was a pupil of the animal painter Jan van Ravenswaay. In 1826 Abels had visited Germany, and on his return settled at the Hague.<ref name="Bryan">Bryan</ref> His wife was the daughter of Pieter Os.<ref name=ned/> Between 1849 and 1853 he lived in Haarlem and later he moved to Arnhem.<ref name=ned/>

He was especially noted for his paintings of moonlit landscapes. The Museum at Haarlem has works painted by him.<ref name="Bryan"/>

Abels died at Abcoude on 11 June 1866.<ref name="ned">{{cite news|title=Berigten en Nederlingen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PBvnAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA292|newspaper=De Nederlandsche spectator|date=22 September 1866|last1 = Lindo|first1 = Mark Prager|last2 = Mulder|first2 = Lodewijk|last3 = Keller|first3 = Gerard|last4 = Vosmaer|first4 = Carel}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

'''Attribution:''' * {{Bryan (3rd edition)|title=Abels, Jacobus Theodorus |volume=1}}

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== External links ==

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