Jan Olis

{{more citations needed|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Jan Olis | birth_place = Gorinchem, Netherlands | death_place = Heusden, Netherlands | occupation = Painter }}

thumb|right|A merry company '''Jan Olis''' (1610–1676) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Olis was born in Gorinchem, Netherlands. According to the RKD in 1632, he became a member of the Dordrecht Guild of St. Luke.<ref name=RKD>Jan Olis in the RKD</ref> In 1637, he got married, and during the years 1632–43, he is registered both as a wine seller and a teacher in the guild.<ref name=RKD/> He is possibly the same person as Jan Olofsen, who became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in The Hague in 1643.<ref name=RKD/> He then moved to Heusden in 1651, where he had various positions in the council until he became a mayor there in 1657 and was tax collector in 1670.<ref name=RKD/> He is known for farm scenes, genre works, and merry companies and influenced the painter Mathieu Lenain.<ref name=RKD/> He died in Heusden.

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