Johannes Buns (before 1640 – after 1673), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography According to Houbraken who repeated the verses of the poets Pieter Rixtel of Haarlem and Johannes Blasius, he was a good portrait painter. Johannes Buns Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature Houbraken did not see any of his works.
According to the RKD Buns was a pupil of Govert Flinck in Amsterdam before 1660. In March 1661, Buns and Sophia Lefebre baptized a son Ferdinand in the Roman Catholic Mozes en Aäronkerk in that city.Johannes Buns at the RKD He was known for his portraits and a portrait of an unknown woman dated 1667 has been registered to him. Buns moved to Cologne, where on June 10, 1668, he became a member of the local artist's guild. There Sophia and he baptized three daughters, the last one in August 1673.Johannes Buns at the ECARTICO website The University of Amsterdam's ECARTICO projectAbout ECARTICO suggests he was the brother of the priest and composer Benedictus Buns, alias Benedictus a Sancto Josepho (1643–1716), who was born in Geldern.Father of Johannes and Benedictus at the ECARTICO website
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Aan Mijn Heer en ge-eerde Vriend Francisco Snellinx, Nederduidsche Puik-Dichter. Over Celestynees Afbeelding. Poem by Blasius over Buns as a portrait painter of Celestyn