A Legacy of Light and Domesticity: The Life of Jan Ekels the Younger In the vibrant, canal-lined streets of late 18th-century Amsterdam, a period of profound transition between the ornate flourishes of the Baroque and the disciplined clarity of Neoclassicism, Jan Hermannus Ekels emerged as a master of the intimate. Born in 1759 into a lineage of artistic distinction, Ekels was destined for the brush. As the son of Jan Ekels the Elder, he was raised within the very atmosphere of creation, receiving his foundational training under his father’s watchful eye at their residence on the Herengracht…