Jan Jacobsz van der Stoffe (1611–1682): A Pioneer of Baroque Cavalry Painting Jan Jacobsz van der Stoffe, born around 1611 in Leiden, Netherlands, stands as a pivotal figure within the Dutch Baroque artistic landscape. He emerged from the burgeoning Leiden Guild of St Luke in 1644, marking the beginning of his prolific career and establishing him firmly amongst the foremost practitioners of genre painting during the turbulent era of the Eighty Years War. Influenced profoundly by contemporaries like Hugo van der Goes and Rogier van der Weyden—artists who championed emotional realism and innov…