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| Johann Liss Bacchanalian Feast ca. 1617 oil on panel Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Johann Liss Village Wedding ca. 1616-19 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
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| Johann Liss Fable of the Satyr and the Peasant ca. 1623-26 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Johann Liss Vision of St Jerome ca. 1628 oil on canvas Kroměříž Archdiocesan Museum, Czech Republic |
"As befits his peripatetic career, the artist is known variously as Johann Liss (or Lis), Jan Lys, or Giovanni Lys. . . . Sandrart states that Johann Liss was from the north German city of Oldenburg, a region not known for its artists, and from there he emigrated to Amsterdam, where he painted in the manner of Hendrick Goltzius. Liss then went to Paris, Venice (around or shortly after 1620) and Rome (c. 1623-c. 1626) before returning to Venice, where his name appeared on the list of the painters' guild in 1629. Sandrart was acquainted with Liss in Venice and comments on both his love of Venetian painting and his irregular work habits, long absences, probably spent in riotous living, followed by days and nights of uninterrupted painting. It is now documented that Liss died not in Venice in the plague of 1629/30 [as formerly believed], but in Verona on 5 December 1631. Establishing an exact chronology of the artist's extant works has proved to be a difficult task. His works remained unknown until relatively recently and were often attributed to other artists. His paintings and drawings, produced in a little over a decade, underwent numerous stylistic transformations, and there are few fixed points of reference. There are, for example, no works that can securely be given to the early years in the Netherlands. There is no evidence for his activity in Paris, but works exist from the first trips to Venice, Rome, and the final Venetian years."
– from the Systematic Catalogue of the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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| Johann Liss Nymph and Shepherd ca. 1625 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Johann Liss David with the Head of Goliath before 1631 oil on canvas private collection |
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| Johann Liss Agony in the Garden before 1631 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Johann Liss Man playing a Lute before 1631 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| attributed to Johann Liss Lady playing a Spinet, with other Musicians before 1631 drawing Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Johann Liss Cephalus and Procris before 1631 etching Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Johann Liss Study of a Young Woman ca. 1616-19 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Johann Liss Old Man and Young Man in a Tavern before 1631 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Johann Liss Interior with Two Pairs of Lovers and a Fool (Brothel Scene) ca. 1625-29 etching Art Institute of Chicago |
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| attributed to Johann Liss Five Drinkers before 1631 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |