Education
He studied diligently from nature, and took Paul Potter for his model, acquiring his talent for animal as well as landscape work.
He studied diligently from nature, and took Paul Potter for his model, acquiring his talent for animal as well as landscape work.
He was a pupil of Willem Rutgaart van der Wall at Utrecht. His popularity increased rapidly until his premature death. Of his cattle pieces, noted for their technique and precision of drawing, there are excellent specimens in the museums of Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
January Kobell was the son of Hendrik Kobell.
He was the son of January the engraver uncle. He attended Rotterdam Academy, and painted his principal work, a life-size cattle piece, in 1830.
Anna (1795–1847), sister of January the younger, was also a noted artist.